Prevalence of overweight / obesity among school children in Karnataka, South India
Worldwide, non-communicable diseases (NCD) represent 43% of the burden of disease and are expected to be responsible for 60% of the disease burden and 73% of all deaths by 2020.Obesity in children and adolescents is gradually becoming a major public health problem in many developing countries,...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2011
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Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3552/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3552/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3552/1/special%2520issue%25202011_25.pdf |