Television viewing and overweight and obesity amongst children
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Television viewing and overweight and obesity amongst children.
The process of modernization has brought about changes in lifestyle of people leading to improvement in standard of living but it is associated with certain unwanted life styles like decreased physical activity and increased sedentary work. Thus, improvement in motorized transport availability of house hold gadgets like washing machine, vaccum cleaners, dish washers all tend to reduce activity ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2319-4170
DOI: 10.4103/2319-4170.125654