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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Adolescent Obesity in Southern Appalachia, 2012

The objective of this study was to examine weight status among southern Appalachian adolescents and to identify risk factors for obesity. We analyzed baseline data from the Team Up for Healthy Living study in 2012. Overall, 19.8% of the sample was overweight, and 26.6% was obese. Boys had higher rat...

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Autores principales: Wang, Liang, Slawson, Deborah L., Relyea, George, Southerland, Jodi L., Wang, Youfa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4273543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25523353
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140348