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From the early fifties, the economic upheaval created by the oil boom brought rapid changes in the traditional life style of the Kuwaiti people that resulted in a more sedentary lifestyle with high food availability and overnutrition. This led to an increase in overweight and obesity, which has become a major public health problem. A representative random sample of 324 adult Kuwaiti females age...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303326