Explaining overweight and obesity in children and adolescents of Asian Indian origin: the Calcutta childhood obesity study

The present study was aimed to find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its associated factors among Bengalee children and adolescents in the Kolkata, India. A total of 1061 Bengalee school children and adolescents (610 boys and 451 girls) participated and were divided into three age gr...

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Main Author: Arnab Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2014;volume=58;issue=2;spage=125;epage=128;aulast=Ghosh