Incidence of obesity and its predictors in children and adolescents in 10 years of follow up: Tehran lipid and glucose study (TLGS)

• Main Authors: Maryam Barzin (Author), Shayan Aryannezhad (Author), Sara Serahati (Author), Akram Beikyazdi (Author), Fereidoun Azizi (Author), Majid Valizadeh (Author), Maryam Ziadlou (Author), Farhad Hosseinpanah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childhood obesity is one of the most challenging public health issues of twenty-first century. While we know that there is an increase in prevalence of childhood and adolescence obesity, incidence studies must be carried out. The main objective of this study was to determine chil...