Obesity Therapy
Study data from Center for Health, Department of Community Health provide new insights into obesity therapy
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 19th, 2007
A new study, "Gender and socio-economic differences in BMI of secondary high school students in Ho Chi Minh city," is now available. In this recent report, researchers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam conducted a study "To assess the nutritional status of adolescents in Ho Chi Minh City, and in particular determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents across different sub groups, based on gender, household economic status and geographic location. A cross-sectional survey based on a two-stage cluster sampling design."
"Secondary high schools in Ho Chi Minh City. There were 1504 adolescents involved in the study, of which 50% were girls and the mean age of...
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