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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Female Adolescents in Jordan: A comparison between Two International Reference Standards

Objective: To find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity among female adolescents in Jordan. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey on females aged 15–18 in Amman, Jordan, was carried out using a multistage stratified random sampling method. The total sample size was 475 girls. Weight and heig...

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Autores principales:	O. Musaiger, Abdulrahman, Al-Mannai, Mariam, Tayyem, Reema
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Professional Medical Publicaitons 2013
Materias:	Short Communication
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809221/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353605

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