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Original research: obesity prevalence and metabolic differences between obese and non-obese school adolescents in south-western Nigeria

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 57 , issue 3 , 2015 , pages: 172–176

DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2014.977010

Author(s): Bridget Omisore Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria , Akinlolu Omisore Department of Community Medicine, Nigeria , Emmanuel Abioye-Kuteyi Department of Community Health, Nigeria

Keywords: adolescent , International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) , obese , obesity , metabolic

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Abstract

Background: Adolescent obesity is increasingly more common in low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria. Obesity has been associated with metabolic derangement in adolescents in developed countries. This study compared the metabolic parameters in obese and non-obese adolescents in a developing country.

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