Obesity among Sudanese adults with diabetes: a population-based survey.

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Published in Ann Transl Med on June 01, 2017

Authors

Yasmeen A Ali1, Ahmed O Almobarak2, Heitham Awadalla3, Wadie M Elmadhoun4, Mohamed H Ahmed5

Author Affiliations

1: Public and Tropical Heath Program, Graduate College, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
2: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
3: Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
4: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan.
5: Department of Medicine and HIV Metabolic Clinic, Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK.

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