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Research data: WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
2014 Childhood overweight and social correlates among school-going adolescents in Dominica and Jamaica
The purpose of this study was to investigate overweight and obesity and social correlates among school children in Dominica and Jamaica. The...
2014 Prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associated factors among university students from 22 countries
Obesity among young people increases lifetime cardiovascular risk. This study assesses the prevalence of overweight/obesity and its associat...
Download this report2013 Stunting, overweight and obesity in the very young: two sides of the coin
Nutrition, in general, is an important prerequisite to both individual and national development. More specifically, nutrition early in life ...
2013 You are what you eat and you eat what you can afford
Despite the significant improvements in food security recorded since 2008, food security and hunger remains a serious issue in the country. ...