Publications by authors named "Ivete Alves Dos Santos"
Objective: To establish waist circumference cut off points according to pubertal staging to identify overweight in adolescents.
Methods: Longitudinal study approved by the Ethics Research Committee and conducted with 557 adolescents, aged 10 to 15 years old, selected from public schools. Waist, arm, neck and hip circumferences, body fat percentage, body mass index (BMI), height and blood pressure were measured.