High prevalence of overweight and obesity among a representative sample of Puerto Rican children

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has become a public health problem worldwide. The objectives of the study were: 1) to establish the BMI prevalence in 12-year olds residing in Puerto Rico, and 2) to determine BMI differences by sex, public-private school type, and geogr...

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Autores principales: Elías-Boneta, Augusto R, Toro, Milagros J, Garcia, Omar, Torres, Roxana, Palacios, Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1549-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1549-0

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