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Research data: OBESITY
2018 Overweight or obesity and related lifestyle and psychosocial factors among adolescents in Brunei Darussalam
This study aimed to assess overweight and obesity and associated factors in school-going adolescents in Brunei Darussalam. The sample includ...
2018 Religiosity and body mass index and waist circumference among male and female university students from 26 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
Obesity has become a major public health problem. The study aimed at investigating the association between religiousness, body mass index (B...
2016 Overweight, obesity and associated factors among 13-15 years old students in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries, 2007-2014
The aim of this study was to assess overweight or obesity and associated factors in school-going adolescents in the Association of Southeast...
2015 Body image and weight control in South Africans 15 years or older: SANHANES-1
South African studies have suggested that differences in obesity prevalence between groups may be partly related to differences in body imag...
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