Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Thinness in Cameroon Urban Children and Adolescents
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Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Thinness in Cameroon Urban Children and Adolescents
OBJECTIVE This study examined the prevalence of thinness, overweight, and obesity in Cameroon children ranging from 8 to 15 years old using several published references as evaluation tools. METHODS A stratified sample was used with eleven schools randomly selected, and data from 2689 children (52.2% girls) ranging from 8 to 15 years were analyzed. Weight and height were recorded and BMI was c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Obesity
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2090-0708,2090-0716
DOI: 10.1155/2013/737592