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Prevalence, incidence, and trends of childhood overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review

BACKGROUND: The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NDC), particularly in low-and middle-income countries, poses a significant threat to global health. Obesity and overweight constitute major risk factors of NCDs such as heart diseases, diabetes, and kidney disease, and as a result, contrib...

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Autores principales: Danquah, Frederick Inkum, Ansu-Mensah, Monica, Bawontuo, Vitalis, Yeboah, Matilda, Kuupiel, Desmond
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7599109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33292679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-020-00491-2