The association of nutrition behaviors and physical activity with general and central obesity in Caribbean undergraduate students

• Main Authors: Melecia Wright (Author), Linda Adair (Author), Caryl James (Author), Omowale Amuleru-Marshall (Author), Karl Peltzer (Author), Supa Pengpid (Author), T. Alafia Samuels (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To quantify the prevalence of obesity and obesity-related factors in a crosssectional, observational study of Caribbean students using the results of three recent surveys of health behavior among undergraduates in Barbados, Grenada, and Jamaica. METHODS: A total of1 578 Caribbean undergra...