Denise Tavares Giannini

TL;DR: The study indicates that the control of obesity would lower the prevalence of hypertension among Brazilian adolescents by 1/5 and the fractions of hypertension attributable to obesity in the population by 17.8%.

TL;DR: The study findings will be instrumental to the development of public policies aiming at the prevention of obesity, atherosclerotic diseases and diabetes in an adolescent population.

TL;DR: The diets of Brazilian adolescents were characterized by the intake of traditional Brazilian food, such as rice and beans, as well as by high intake of sugar through sweetened beverages and processed foods, associated with an excessive intake of sodium, saturated fatty acids and free sugar.

TL;DR: Despite the prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome being low, the high prevalences of some components and participation of others in the syndrome composition shows the importance of early diagnosis of this changes, even if not grouped within the metabolic syndrome.

TL;DR: The logistics adopted in ERICA was fairly successful and description of this as well as the difficulties experienced in Brazil can inform and facilitate the planning of future studies, especially in developing countries.