Over weight in school age children
Joint Authors
Ali, Salih Mahdi
al-Faydawi, Ali
Muslim, Amal Tahir
Source
Issue
Vol. 12, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.13-23, 11 p.
Publisher
University of Kufa Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2009-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Obesity is important problem in school age children.
It should be manage properly because it is associated with many complications later on during the adult life like diabetes mellitus type 2 , hypertension , hyperlipidemia.
This study was conducted to assess the incidence of obesity in school age children, the difference between urban and rural school and also the difference between both sex.
Two hundred fifty case [250] included in this study.
One hundred [100] from rural school devided as fifty [50] male and fifty [50] female, one hundred fifty [150] are male and female from urban school divided as one hundred [100] male and fifty [50] female.
In this study the result showed that the obesity is more common in urban school than the rural one and more in male than in female.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Faydawi, Ali& Ali, Salih Mahdi& Muslim, Amal Tahir. 2009. Over weight in school age children. Kufa Medical Journal،Vol. 12, no. 2, pp.13-23.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Faydawi, Ali…[et al.]. Over weight in school age children. Kufa Medical Journal Vol. 12, no. 2 (2009), pp.13-23.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Faydawi, Ali& Ali, Salih Mahdi& Muslim, Amal Tahir. Over weight in school age children. Kufa Medical Journal. 2009. Vol. 12, no. 2, pp.13-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-327009
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 23
Record ID
BIM-327009