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Overview of Noncommunicable Diseases in Korean Children and Adolescents: Focus on Obesity and Its Effect on Metabolic Syndrome

Obesity during childhood is a dominant risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and is itself considered a disease that needs to be treated. Recently, the growth in childhood obesity in Korea has become stagnant; however, two in every ten children are still overweight. In addition, 60% or mo...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hye Ah, Park, Hyesook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23946875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.2013.46.4.173