Preschool overweight and obesity in urban and rural Vietnam: differences in prevalence and associated factors

Background: Childhood obesity may soon be an equally important health threat as undernutrition and infectious diseases. Accurate information about prevalence and risk factors of obesity in children is important for the design of prevention. Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence...

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Main Authors: Loan Minh Do, Toan Khanh Tran, Bo Eriksson, Max Petzold, Chuc T. K. Nguyen, Henry Ascher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-10-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/28615/pdf_135