Prevalence of overweight, obesity and thinness in 9–10 year old children in Mauritius

OBJECTIVE: To document the prevalence of overweight, obesity and thinness in 9–10 year old children in Mauritius. METHODS: 412 boys and 429 girls aged 9–10 years from 23 primary schools were selected using stratified cluster random sampling. All data was cross-sectional and collected via anthropomet...

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Autores principales: Caleyachetty, Rishi, Rudnicka, Alicja R, Echouffo-Tcheugui, Justin B, Siegel, Karen R, Richards, Nigel, Whincup, Peter H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22823949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-8-28

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