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Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies

BACKGROUND: The elderly are faced with health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems, which can be linked to obesity and overweight. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overwei...

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Autores principales:	Nuertey, Benjamin D., Alhassan, Alabira Iddrisu, Nuertey, Augustine D., Mensah, Isaac Asimadu, Adongo, Victor, Kabutey, Clement, Addai, Joyce, Biritwum, Richard Bekoe
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0162-4

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