Open AccessRural childhood obesity – An emerging health concern
Author(s) -
Sarala Premkumar,
Padmasani Venkat Ramanan,
J Dhivya Lakshmi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_649_18
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , malnutrition , rural area , environmental health , childhood obesity , pediatrics , weight for age , gerontology , demography , pathology , sociology
Childhood obesity is growing globally as an epidemic. It is the most common metabolic disease identified in children.