Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review
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چکیده
Obesity in childhood and adolescence is considered a significant public health concern both nationally globally, as it results several problems long-term psychosocial complications. In addition, this has been growing due to overweight obesity, showing an increase worldwide of more than 340 million children adolescents aged 5 19 years being overweight.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Research
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2574-1241']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26717/bjstr.2023.51.008102