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The problem of obesity among adolescents in Hong Kong: a comparison using various diagnostic criteria

BACKGROUND: Obesity is now a global epidemic. In this study, we aimed to assess the rates of obesity using several major diagnostic criteria in Chinese school adolescents in Hong Kong. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. Using a computer-generated coding system, we randomly selected schools fr...

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Autores principales:	Ko, Gary TC, Ozaki, Risa, Wong, Gary WK, Kong, Alice PS, So, Wing-Yee, Tong, Peter CY, Chan, Michael HM, Ho, Chung-Shun, Lam, Christopher WK, Chan, Juliana CN
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2008
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2276189/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18315886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-8-10

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