Childhood obesity, unrecognized public health challenge in Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 358-359

  Aryal, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENDER; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPAL; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBANIZATION; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862268624     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i4.6229     Document Type: Editorial

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