Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity among adolescents in Kaski district, Nepal

Indian Journal of Community Health

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-122

  Acharya, Bishwas ^a   Chauhan, Hoshiar Singh ^a   Thapa, Surya Bahadur ^b   Kaphle, Hari Prasad ^b   Malla, Dipendra ^a  

^a ETERNAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939216112     PISSN: 09717587     EISSN: 22489509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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