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Protocol for systematic review of school-based interventions to prevent and control obesity in African learners
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
INTRODUCTION: The increasing prevalence of obesity
and overweight in childhood in developing countries is
a public health concern to many governments. Schools
play a significant role in the obesity epidemic as well
as ...
Diagnostic accuracy of body mass index in defining childhood obesity: Analysis of cross-sectional data from ghanaian children
(MPDI, 2020)
Screening methods for childhood obesity are based largely on the published body mass index (BMI) criteria. Nonetheless, their accuracy in African children is largely unknown. The diagnostic accuracies of the World Health ...