Obesity and the Need for Bariatric Surgery in Nigeria: A Review
Obesity was mainly regarded as a disease of developed countries, but currently there is a growing rise in the population of patients with obesity in developing countries of Africa. A body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher is regarded as obesity, and this may be associated with comorbidities such as m...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/npmj.npmj_157_24 |