Knowledge and Lifestyle-Associated Prevalence of Obesity among Newly Diagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Diabetic Clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Diabetes Research

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Obirikorang, Yaa ^a   Obirikorang, Christian ^a   Odame Anto, Enoch ^a,b   Acheampong, Emmanuel ^a   Dzah, Nyalako ^a   Akosah, Caroline Nkrumah ^a   Nsenbah, Emmanuella Batu ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ^*  (Ghana)

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Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; EATING; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HOSPITALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962784395     PISSN: 23146745     EISSN: 23146753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/9759241     Document Type: Article

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