BMI status of children and their fast food consumption habits.

BMI status of children and their fast food consumption habits.

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Background: The world health organization has described obesity as one of today’s most neglected public health problems, affecting developed and developing countries in the world. A dramatic increase in overweight and obesity among children and adolescent has raised the concern of various public health physicians especially in developing country li...

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... those children who consumed fast food ≤3 times/wk (overweight-10.4% and obesity-8.8%) as shown in Table 9. Table 10 depicts, when the duration of playing outdoor games by children was compared with their BMI status, there was higher prevalence of overweight/obesity in children with less outdoor activities. ...

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