Prevalence of obesity in Dakar
Autor: | Duboz, Priscilla, Macia, Enguerran, Gueye, Lamine |
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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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