Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children

• Main Authors: Shahid Ubeera (Author), Abdullah Hussain Muhammad (Author), Gull Sibgha (Author), Mushtaq Muhammad Umair (Author), Shad Mushtaq Ahmad (Author), Akram Javed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Childhood obesity is becoming an equally challenging, yet under-recognized, problem in developing countries including Pakistan. Children and adolescents are worst affected with an estimated 10% of the world's school-going childr...