Association between weight control behaviors and diet quality among Brazilian adolescents and young adults: Health Survey of São Paulo with Focus on Nutrition, 2015.
Ana Carolina Barco LemeJess HainesLisa TangMauro FisbergGerson FerrariVitoria Alexandra da SilvaRegina Mara FisbergPublished in: Eating and weight disorders : EWD (2021)
Overall diet quality score showed a small increase in participants reporting ECW. Further studies should be conducted to provide strategies used by adolescents from low- and middle-income countries to control their weight. Thus, developing public health policies, and behavioral-change strategies. Level V: Cross-sectional descriptive study.