Obesity among adolescents in five Arab countries; relative to gender and age;La obesidad entre los adolescentes en cinco países árabes; en relación con el género y la edad

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1922-1925

  Musaiger, A O ^a   Al Mannai, M ^a   Al Lalla, O ^b   Saghir, S ^c   Halahleh, I ^d   Benhamed, M M ^e   Kalam, F ^f   Ali, E Y A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b Qilu University of Technology   (United Arab Emirates)

^c HEBRON UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^d Makassed Hospital   (Palestine)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^f Dietetic Clinic   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^g Elia Nutrition and Health Center   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arab; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84891716940     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2013.28.6.6412     Document Type: Article

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