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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Students in the Kumasi Metropolis

The aim was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among students in the Kumasi metropolis. In a descriptive cross-sectional study, 500 students aged 10 to 20 years were examined from two junior high schools selected by multistage sampling technique and three randomly selected senior...

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Autores principales:	Kumah, D. B., Akuffo, K. O., Abaka-Cann, J. E., Affram, D. E., Osae, E. A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/613207

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