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The prevalence of underweight, overweight, obesity and associated risk factors among school-going adolescents in seven African countries

BACKGROUND: The burden caused by the coexistence of obesity and underweight in Low and Middle Income Countries is a challenge to public health. While prevalence of underweight among youth has been well documented in these countries, overweight, obesity and their associated risk factors are not well...

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Autores principales: Manyanga, Taru, El-Sayed, Hesham, Doku, David Teye, Randall, Jason R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25168589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-887