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Prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity among school children in an urban district in Ghana

BACKGROUND: There is limited data on risk factors associated with childhood overweight and obesity in Ghanaian school children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated risk factors in Ghanaian school children. METHODS: Data for this stud...

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Autores principales:	Adom, Theodosia, De Villiers, Anniza, Puoane, Thandi, Kengne, André Pascal
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442428/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-019-0234-8

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