Prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents from an urban district of Lima, Peru 2012

Objectives. To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity according to the criteria of the WHO and CDC in adolescents from an urban district of Lima, Peru 2012. Materials and methods. This cross-sectional study included 1,743 school children of 12 to 17 years of age selected from ten public...

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Main Authors: Gaudi Lozano-Rojas, Emilio Cabello-Morales, Herminio Hernádez-Diaz, Cesar Loza-Munarriz
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2014-09-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
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Online Access:https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/86