Prevalence of childhood obesity and overweight in Bangladesh: findings from a countrywide epidemiological study.

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Published in BMC Pediatr on April 01, 2014

Authors

Tania Bulbul1, Mozammel Hoque

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Communicable Diseases, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. dr.taniabulbul@gmail.com.

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