Factors associated with the double burden of malnutrition among adolescents, National Adolescent School-Based Health Survey (PENSE 2009 and 2015)

Júlia Caffé Oliveira Uzêda, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Natanael de Jesus Silva, Rosemeire L Fiaccone, Débora C Malta, Naiá Ortelan and Maurício L Barrato

PLOS ONE, 2019, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: Objective: To assess the sociodemographic factors associated with the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) among Brazilian adolescents. Methods: This was a descriptive study based on data from 59,637 and 10,770 students who participated in the National Adolescent School-Based Health Survey (PeNSE), 2009 and 2015 editions, respectively. Weight and height measurements were obtained to evaluate nutritional status. DBM was classified as follows: adolescents with high BMI-for-age and low height-for-age (BMI/A: Z-score > +1 and H/A: Z-score

Date: 2019
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