Remarkable Increase in the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among School Age Children in Antalya, Turkey, Between 2003 and 2015

• Main Authors: Gamze Çelmeli (Author), Yusuf Çürek (Author), Zümrüt Arslan Gülten (Author), Mehmet Yardımsever (Author), Mustafa Koyun (Author), Sema Akçurin (Author), İffet Bircan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Yayincilik, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective:Childhood obesity (OB) is an acknowledged global problem with increasing prevalence reported around the world. We conducted this study with the aim of determining the local trend in OB and overweight (OW) prevalence in the last decade and to observe the alteration of OB and OW prevalence b...