High prevalence of obesity and associated risk factors in urban children in India and Pakistan highlights immediate need to initiate primary prevention program for diabetes and coronary heart disease in schools [1]

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-102

  Misra, Anoop ^a   Vikram, Naval K ^a   Sharma, Rekha ^a   Basit, Abdul ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FITNESS; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 29244461740     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.06.006     Document Type: Letter

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