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Prevalence of overweight and obesity, and associations with socio-demographic factors in Kuwait
BACKGROUND: Kuwait is amongst countries in the Gulf region with high income economy. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one in five adults in the Gulf region is obese. This study sought to evaluate the prevalence and magnitude of association between overweight, obesity, central obesit...
Autores principales: | Oguoma, Victor M., Coffee, Neil T., Alsharrah, Saad, Abu-Farha, Mohamed, Al-Refaei, Faisal H., Al-Mulla, Fahd, Daniel, Mark |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8028185/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33827711 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10692-1 |
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