Prevalence of obesity among adolescents (10 to 14 Years) in Kuwait

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-159

  El Bayoumy, Ibrahim ^a,c   Shady, Ibrahim ^b   Lotfy, Hesham ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Ports and Borders Health Division   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood obesity; Kuwaiti children; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 62849088576     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509331786     Document Type: Article

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