Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Adolescent Obesity in Tennessee Using the 2010 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Data: An Analysis Using Weighted Hierarchical Logistic Regression
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1Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, East Tennessee State University, USA 2Department of Community and Behavioral Health, College of Public Health East Tennessee State University, USA 3Center for Nursing Research, East Tennessee State University, USA 4James H Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, USA 5Department Tennessee of Education, Coordinated School Health, USA
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