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Satisfaction with body weight among adolescents with excess weight: findings from a cross-sectional population-based study.

Mariana Contiero San MartiniDaniela de AssumpçãoMarilisa Berti de Azevedo BarrosAntonio de Azevedo Barros FilhoCatherine M Champagne
Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2021)
More than half of the overweight adolescents and almost a quarter of the obese adolescents were satisfied with their weight. These results support the need for strategies for healthy weight management among Brazilian adolescents.
Keyphrases
  • body weight
  • physical activity
  • weight loss
  • young adults
  • body mass index
  • weight gain
  • bariatric surgery
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue
  • obese patients