Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Bushehrian high-school girls at aged 14-17 years old

Background: The prevalence of obesity in recent decades gets more and is considered as common nutritional health problem in developing and developed countries. Obesity is known as risk factor for a lot of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, CVA, cardiovascular diseases and canc...

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Main Authors: Masoomeh Mohamadpour Koldeh, Morad Ali Fouladvand, Mehran Avakh Keysami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bushehr University of Medical Sciences 2012-09-01
Series:Iranian South Medical Journal
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-271&slc_lang=en&sid=1