Prevalence of overweight and associated risk factors among primary female school children in Al-Ain city United Arab Emirates

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-56

  Kerkadi, Abdelhamid ^a   Abo Elnaga, Nassar ^a   Ibrahim, Wissam ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Food consumption patterns; Overweight.Female school children; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 59849100724     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v12i1.5047     Document Type: Article

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