Prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents of municipality of Floridablanca, Colombia

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents of municipality of Floridablanca, Colombia

Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school adolescents. Place and date: Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia; second semester of 2005. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study among 195 students aged 11-18 years old from private or public schools. They responded a s...

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Main Authors: Doris Cristina Quintero Lesmes, Nahyr López Barbosa, Edna Magaly Gamboa Delgado
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga 2007-05-01
Series:MedUNAB
Subjects:
overweight
obesity
adolescents
food habits
nontransmissible chronic diseases
Online Access:http://caribdis.unab.edu.co/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/REVISTAMEDUNAB/SOBREPESO.PDF

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http://caribdis.unab.edu.co/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/REVISTAMEDUNAB/SOBREPESO.PDF

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