NECK CIRCUMFERENCE AS AN INDICATION OF OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

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Child obesity, Neck, Measure, Nutritional assessment

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Thaisy Cristina Honorato Santos Alvez, Docente na Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Mestra em Alimentos, Nutrição e Saúde pela Universidade Federal da Bahia

Joselita Moura Sacramento, Docente na Universidade do Estado da Bahia

Mestrado em Nutrición y Alimentos - Universidad de Chile.

Luana de Oliveira Leite, Doutoranda em Alimentos, Nutrição e Saúde pela Universidade Federal da Bahia

Docente na Universidade do Estado da Bahia

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2020-12-30

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Alvez, T. C. H. S. ., Anjos, P. S. dos, Sacramento, J. M., & Leite, L. de O. (2020). NECK CIRCUMFERENCE AS AN INDICATION OF OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE. Práticas E Cuidado: Revista De Saúde Coletiva, 1, e12495. Retrieved from https://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/saudecoletiva/article/view/12495

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Vol. 1 (2020): CONTINUOUS PUBLICATION

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