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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Adolescents in Seven Arab Countries: A Cross-Cultural Study

Objective. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in seven Arab countries using similar reference standard. Methods. A school-based cross-sectional study was carried out in seven cities in Arab countries, namely, Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Liby...

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Autores principales:	Musaiger, Abdulrahman O., Al-Mannai, Mariam, Tayyem, Reema, Al-Lalla, Osama, Ali, Essa Y. H., Kalam, Faiza, Benhamed, Mofida M., Saghir, Sabri, Halahleh, Ismail, Djoudi, Zahra, Chirane, Manel
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/981390

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