Prevalence and association of underweight, overweight, obesity, neck circumference, hypertension and diabetes mellitus among school staff in Jaffna district
The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and associations of underweight/overweight/obesity, neck circumference (NC), hypertension (HT) and diabetes mellitus (DM) among school staff in Jaffna district. It was a descriptive study on 6335 (31% were males and 69% were females) school staff....
Main Authors: | P. Mayurathan, S. Sivansuthan, V. Sujanitha |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists
2017-10-01
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Series: | Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Online Access: | https://sjdem.sljol.info/articles/7332 |
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