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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| 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 |