Early childhood obesity: a survey of knowledge and practices of physicians from the Middle East and North Africa

• Main Authors: Inge Gies (Author), Bader AlSaleem (Author), Beheshteh Olang (Author), Berkouk Karima (Author), Gamal Samy (Author), Khaled Husain (Author), Mahmoud Elhalik (Author), Mohamad Miqdady (Author), Mohamad Rawashdeh (Author), Mohamed Salah (Author), Nezha Mouane (Author), Pejman Rohani (Author), Atul Singhal (Author), Yvan Vandenplas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health issues of the twenty-first century affecting even low- and middle-income countries. Overweight and obese children are more likely to stay obese into adulthood. Due to the paucity of data on local practices, our study aime...