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Prevalence and differentials of overweight and obesity in preschool children in Sub-Saharan Africa

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and differentials of overweight/obesity (body mass index (BMI)-for-age z-score >2) in preschool children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: The study was conducted on the basis of the data of 26 Demographic and Health Survey...

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Autor principal: Gebremedhin, Samson
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26700276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009005