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Gilberto Veras Caldeira
Researcher at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Publications - 6
Citations - 108
Gilberto Veras Caldeira is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Overweight & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 6 publications receiving 106 citations.
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Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade e indicadores de adiposidade central em escolares de Santa Catarina, Brasil
TL;DR: In this article, a study of 4.964 escolares in 345 escolas do ensino fundamental do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil, found that 52% of the participants were female.
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Fatores comportamentais associados ao sobrepeso e à obesidade em escolares do Estado de Santa Catarina
Arlete Catarina Tittoni Corso,Gilberto Veras Caldeira,Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck Fiates,Bethsáida de Abreu Soares Schmitz,Gabriela Dalsasso Ricardo,Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos +5 more
TL;DR: Less sports practice, less hours of sleep/night and more time on the computer were associated with overweight or obesity in the students studied.
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity and central adiposity indexes among school-aged children in Santa Catarina, Brazil
TL;DR: A cross-sectional study with 4,964 children between 6 and 10 years of age of 345 elementary schools in the state of Santa Catarina found no association between overweight or obesity and regions, gender, age, school system, and correlation between anthropometric indexes.
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Overweight and obesity related factors in schoolchildren in Santa Catarina State, Brazil.
Bethsáida de Abreu Soares Schmitz,Arlete Catarina Tittoni Corso,Gilberto Veras Caldeira,Suely Godoy Agostinho Gimeno,Cristine Garcia Gabriel,Francisco de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos +5 more
TL;DR: Overweight (including obesity) in schoolchildren is associated with a higher per capita household income and parental overweight and obesity.
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity and adiposity central indexes among school-aged children in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study with 4,964 children between 6 and 10 years of age of 345 elementary schools in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil was conducted to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children.