| Title |
Prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity among Pakistani primary school children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-724 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Muhammad Umair Mushtaq, Sibgha Gull, Hussain Muhammad Abdullah, Ubeera Shahid, Mushtaq Ahmad Shad, Javed Akram |
| Abstract |
Childhood obesity is becoming an equally challenging, yet under-recognized, problem in developing countries including Pakistan. Children and adolescents are worst affected with an estimated 10% of the world's school-going children being overweight and one quarter of these being obese. The study aimed to assess prevalence and socioeconomic correlates of overweight and obesity, and trend in prevalence statistics, among Pakistani primary school children. |
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| United States | 5 | 45% |
| Unknown | 6 | 55% |
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| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 1 | 9% |
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| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 200 | 98% |
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| Researcher | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 34 | 17% |
| Unknown | 58 | 28% |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 13% |
| Unknown | 63 | 31% |
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