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Height-obesity relationship in school children in Sub-Saharan Africa: results of a cross-sectional study in Cameroon

BACKGROUND: In developed nations, taller children exhibit a greater propensity to overweight/obesity. This study investigates whether this height-adiposity relationship holds true for Cameroon children using two parameters of adiposity including body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). ME...

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Autores principales:	Navti, Lifoter K, Ferrari, Uta, Tange, Emmanuel, Parhofer, Klaus G, Pozza, Susanne Bechtold-Dalla
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377213/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889151 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1073-4

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