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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 Fisberg
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • public health
  • weight loss
  • cross sectional
  • body mass index
  • young adults
  • weight gain
  • quality improvement
  • global health
  • body weight
  • emergency department
  • case control