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Overweight and obesity in children aged 3–13 years in urban Cameroon: a cross-sectional study of prevalence and association with socio-economic status

BACKGROUND: Childhood overweight/obesity is increasing rapidly in developing countries. There is a need to provide more evidence on its burden in sub-Saharan Africa, and to identify associated factors in order to set preventive measures. We aimed to determine the prevalence of overweight/obesity and...

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Autores principales:	Choukem, Simeon-Pierre, Kamdeu-Chedeu, Josiane, Leary, Sam D., Mboue-Djieka, Yannick, Nebongo, Daniel N., Akazong, Christoph, Mapoure, Yacouba N., Hamilton-Shield, Julian P., Gautier, Jean-François, Mbanya, Jean Claude
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5286775/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163924 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0146-4

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