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Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the rising prevalence of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases co-exists with the high burden of under-nutrition. The paucity of data on adulthood overweight and obesity, disaggregated by socio-demographic characteristics and in rural settings in...

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Autores principales: Kirunda, Barbara Eva, Fadnes, Lars Thore, Wamani, Henry, Van den Broeck, Jan, Tylleskär, Thorkild
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4659217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26602893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2506-7