Normal Weight Obesity Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance in Young Adults from a Middle-Income Country

• Francilene B. Madeira,

  Affiliation Physical Education Undergraduate Course, State University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil

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• Antônio A. Silva ,

  * E-mail: aasilva@ufma.br

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil

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• Helma F. Veloso,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil

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• Marcelo Z. Goldani,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Puericulture, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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• Gilberto Kac,

  Affiliation Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Josué de Castro Nutrition Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Viviane C. Cardoso,

  Affiliation Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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• Heloisa Bettiol,

  Affiliation Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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• Marco A. Barbieri

  Affiliation Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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