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Very high prevalence of thinness using new international body mass index cut off points among 5-10 year old school children of nandigram, west Bengal, India

BACKGROUND: To assess the prevalence of thinness among 5-10 year old school children of Nandigram, Purba Medinipur District of West Bengal, India. METHODS: A total of 596 students (323 boys and 288 girls) aged 5-10 years were included in this crosssectional study. Height and weight were measured and...

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Autores principales: Chakraborty, Raja, Bose, Kaushik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3129089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772872