Rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in older Ghanaian adults from 2007-2015: Evidence from WHO-SAGE Waves 1 & 2

BACKGROUND: Studies on changes in the prevalence and determinants of obesity in older adults living in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. We examined recent changes in obesity prevalence and associated factors for older adults in Ghana between 2007/08 and 2014/15. METHODS: Data on adults aged 50 years a...

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Autores principales: Lartey, Stella T., Magnussen, Costan G., Si, Lei, Boateng, Godfred O., de Graaff, Barbara, Biritwum, Richard Berko, Minicuci, Nadia, Kowal, Paul, Blizzard, Leigh, Palmer, Andrew J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6699701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31425568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215045

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6699701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31425568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215045

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