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Body Size Perceptions and Weight Status of Adults in a Nigerian Rural Community

BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are now recognized worldwide as increasing public health problems throughout the life course and wrong perception of one's body size may reduce the motivation for an overweight person to lose weight. AIM: This study was conducted to investigate how Nigerian ru...

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Autores principales:	Akinpelu, AO, Oyewole, OO, Adekanla, BA
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594350/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.165247

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