Differential prevalence and associations of overweight and obesity by gender and population group among school learners in South Africa: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Factors influencing the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa remain unclear. We assessed the prevalence and determinants of overweight and obesity and effects on cardio-metabolic profile in school learners in the Western Cape, S...

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Autores principales: Negash, Sarah, Agyemang, Charles, Matsha, Tandi E, Peer, Nasheeta, Erasmus, Rajiv T, Kengne, Andre P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0165-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28725448
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0165-1

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