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http://20.193.157.4:9595/xmlui/handle/123456789/1133| Title: | Physicians' perceptions about the emergence of adolescent overweight in India |
| Authors: | Shailaja S Patil, Jamie E Ports, Mallikarjun C Yadavannavar Solveig A Cunningham |
| Keywords: | Adolescents, Developing Countries, Health Care Professionals, India, Obesity, Overweight, Physicians |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | BLDE(Deemed to be University) |
| Abstract: | Overweight is increasing in developing countries even as underweight remains highly prevalent in some communities, leading to a double burden of malnutrition. This study explored physicians' perceptions about the emergence of overweight and its clinical management in a socioeconomically developing region of India, where underweight constitutes to be a major health problem among children and adolescents. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1133 |
| ISSN: | 22314261 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Community Medicine |
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