Double burden of malnutrition among urban Bengalee adolescent boys in Midnapore, West Bengal, India
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Double burden of malnutrition among urban Bengalee adolescent boys in Midnapore, West Bengal, India
Malnutrition is an important public health problem worldwide. Therefore a study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of adolescent thinness, overweight and obesity in Midnapore town, West Bengal, India. A total of 974 adolescent boys aged 10-18 years were selected following multistage cluster sampling method from three higher secondary schools. Data was collected using pretested questionnair...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Precedings
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1756-0357
DOI: 10.1038/npre.2012.7106.2