Overweight among in-School Adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study
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2024-12-13
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Addis Ababa University
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Overweight including obesity is a key public health problem in many high income countries and it is steadily rising in low income and middle income countries. Specially overweight starts to develop in adolescence age and increase across age. But the magnitude and its underlying determinants have not been sufficiently studied among adolescents in urban settings of Ethiopia
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Adolescent nutrition, Body mass index, Overweight, Obesity