Sociodemographic and psychological factors as predictors of body mass index-for-age (BAZ) among adolescents in Sibu, Malaysia
Introduction: Understanding childhood obesity becomes vital as a tremendous increase in the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and adolescents was observed. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the associations between sociodemographic and psychological characteristics with b...
Main Authors: | Law, Leh Shii, Gan, Wan Ying, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2020
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90250/1/7upm.pdf |
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