Assessment of risk factors for overweight and obesity among school going children in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Indian Journal of Community Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-222

  Watharkar, Atul ^a   Nigam, Seema ^a   Martolia, Dinesh Singh ^a   Varma, Punit ^a   Barman, S K ^a   Sharma, R P ^a  

^a GSVM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors; School going children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936777205     PISSN: 09717587     EISSN: 22489509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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