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Prevalence of Obesity in School-Going Children of Karachi

BACKGROUND: Obesity is an emerging problem in Pakistan. The authors sought to determine prevalence of obesity and malnutrition in school-going children, from grades 6(th) to 8(th) of different schools of Karachi and assess associations that affect the weight of the children. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FI...

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Autores principales:	Warraich, Haider Javed, Javed, Faisal, Faraz-ul-Haq, Mohammed, Khawaja, Fariha Batool, Saleem, Sarah
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2009
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655713/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19308262 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004816

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