Diet quality, excess body weight and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents living in São Paulo, Brazil and in the USA: differences and similarities.
Jaqueline Lopes PereiraCatherine M ChampagneCarmen R IsasiLinda Van HornMercedes R CarnethonMartha L DaviglusMarisa J PereraDaniela Sotres-AlvarezRegina M FisbergPublished in: Public health nutrition (2020)
Dietary improvements should be made by adolescents in both USA and Brazil. Healthier diet quality as measured with the country-specific index was associated with lower odds of EBW in Brazilian and USA-Hispanic/Latino adolescents, and with lower CVDR in Brazilian adolescents.