Shifts towards overweight and double burden of malnutrition among socio-economically vulnerable children: a longitudinal ecological analysis of Brazilian municipalities.

Natanael Jesus da SilvaRita de Cássia Ribeiro-SilvaDavide RasellaFlávia Jôse Oliveira AlvesTereza CampelloRosemeire Leovigildo FiacconeMaurício Lima Barreto

Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)

Our findings indicate an advanced nutrition transition stage in Brazil, associated mainly with municipal GDP per capita growth, which has contributed to increasing the burden of overweight alone or coexisting with stunting (double burden) among children in the most socio-economically vulnerable strata of the population.

Keyphrases

physical activity
young adults
weight loss
weight gain
risk factors
risk assessment
sewage sludge