Obesity
New research on obesity from E.C. Moura and co-authors summarized
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 28th, 2009
In this recent report published in the Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica - Pan American Journal of Public Health, researchers in Brasilia, Brazil conducted a study "To assess risk factors for chronic noncommunicable disease (CND) and to identity social inequalities in their distribution among the adult Brazilian population. Study of CND risk factors (including tobacco use, overweight and obesity, low fruit and vegetable intake (LFVI), insufficient leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), sedentary lifestyle, and alcohol abuse, among other risks) in a probabilistic sample of 54 369 individuals from Brazil's 26 state capitals and Federal District, in 2006, using the Surveillance...
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