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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...
Autores principales: | Manyanga, Taru, El-Sayed, Hesham, Doku, David Teye, Randall, Jason R |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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