Prevalence of obesity in Dakar

Autor: Duboz, Priscilla, Macia, Enguerran, Gueye, Lamine
Přispěvatelé: UMR 6578 : Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle (UAABC), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMI 3189 Environnement, santé, sociétés, université Cheikh Anta Diop/CNRS/ Université de Bamako/CNRST (UMI 3189), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Environnement, Santé, Sociétés (ESS), Laboratoire de Physiologie et Explorations Fonctionnelles, Université de Bamako
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Obesity Reviews
Obesity Reviews, Wiley, 2010, 11, pp.691-694. ⟨10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00749.x⟩
Obesity Reviews, 2010, 11, pp.691-694. ⟨10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00749.x⟩
ISSN: 1467-7881
1467-789X
Popis: The present study is to our knowledge the first to evaluate the prevalence of obesity among both men and women in Dakar. It was carried out on a sample of 600 dwellers of the Senegalese capital. The prevalence of general obesity is 8.3%, and that of overweight is 22.3%. The underweight rate remains high, given that 12.3% of the adults in this sample show a body mass index (BMI) of
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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