J. Pediatr. (Rio J.) vol.80 número6 en v80n6a07

Intraclass correlation coeicient between measured and self-reported weight, height and body mass index measurements, according to sex, age group, schooling, income and time since

Body weight, height, body mass index, pubertal stage, race, daily calcium intake, and time spent per week performing moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA)

Every effort towards the physical integrity of children and adolescents should be channeled into ensuring that strategic injury prevention activities are based on scientific

A number of different factors can be isolated as being responsible for this situation, with emphasis on, by problem group, the following: (1) lack of equality: the

A multicenter randomized trial including groups of patients from the USA, the UK, Netherlands and Belgium showed, after one year, that the cost of the maintenance of inhalation therapy

involving pedestrians, and about injuries resulting from the exposure to inanimate mechanical forces; adolescents aged between 10 and 14 years old should be informed about

The objective of this study was, therefore, to compare the results of a childhood obesity education program (which could be performed by any health professional) with

Methods: The study enrolled 37 adolescents who were assessed for: nutritional status according to height/age and body mass/age ratios; bone mineral density of the lumbar spine