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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School Children Aged 8–13 Years in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania
Background. The understanding of obesity as a growing health problem in Africa and Tanzania in particular is hampered by lack of data as well as sociocultural beliefs in which overweight and obesity are revered. This study sought to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among primary sc...
Autores principales: | Pangani, Ismail N., Kiplamai, Festus K., Kamau, Jane W., Onywera, Vincent O. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923524/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403343 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1345017 |
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