Risk of metabolic syndrome among children living in metropolitan Kuala Lumpur: A case control study

• Main Authors: Ismail Mohd N (Author), Bulgiba Awang (Author), Poh Bee K (Author), Wee Bee S (Author), Ruzita Abdul T (Author), Hills Andrew P (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>With the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, the metabolic syndrome has been studied among children in many countries but not in Malaysia. Hence, this study aimed to compare metabolic risk factors between overweight/obese and...