High prevalence of overweight among adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

BACKGROUND: Two previous surveys conducted in Ho Chi Minh City revealed an increasing prevalence of overweight and obese adolescents, from 5.9% in 2002 to 11.7% in 2004. From 2004 to 2010, the government set up and implemented health promotion programs to promote physical activity and good nutrition...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Phuong Van Ngoc, Hong, Tang Kim, Hoang, Truong, Nguyen, Dung The, Robert, Annie R
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598401/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23414441
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-141
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