Prevalence of overweight / obesity among school children in Karnataka, South India
Worldwide, non-communicable diseases (NCD) represent 43% of the burden of disease and are expected to be responsible for 60% of the disease burden and 73% of all deaths by 2020.Obesity in children and adolescents is gradually becoming a major public health problem in many developing countries, inclu...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
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