Epidemiology of obesity in developing countries: challenges and prevention

Mohammed S. Ellulu, Yehia Abed, Asmah Rahmat, Yazan Ranneh, Faisal Ali

Global Epidemic Obesity · 2014 · 156 citations · 18 references

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Introduction Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. It becomes the most glaring outward sign of the changing face of malnutrition in developing countries; increase the chances of a person falling prey to the other noncommunicable diseases. It is measured through the Body Mass Index

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