Sociodemographic and psychological factors as predictors of body mass index-for-age (BAZ) among adolescents in Sibu, Malaysia

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Sociodemographic and psychological factors as predictors of body mass index-for-age (BAZ) among adolescents in Sibu, Malaysia

Introduction: Understanding childhood obesity becomes vital as a tremendous increase in the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and adolescents was observed. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the associations between sociodemographic and psychological characteristics with b...

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Main Authors:	Law, Leh Shii, Gan, Wan Ying, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90250/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90250/1/7upm.pdf

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