High waist-to-height ratio and associated factors in adolescents from a city in Southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Mateus Augusto Bim André de Araújo Pinto Gaia Salvador Claumann Andreia Pelegrini

Published in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2021)

One in each three adolescents has abdominal obesity. Among adolescents with high body fat, girls aged 15-16 and boys with high-income are the groups most exposed to abdominal obesity.

Keyphrases

physical activity
body mass index
young adults
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
weight loss
type diabetes
weight gain
mental health
risk factors