Overweight and obesity and the health of populations of PALOP

The prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to increase globally, particularly obesity. This increase is more pronounced in countries with lower income, putting the health systems of these countries, already quite weak, at risk. The data available for the Portuguese-speaking African countries...

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Main Author: Vitor Rosado-Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ALIES - Associação Lusófona para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação e do Ensino das Ciências da Saúde 2016-05-01
Series:Journal Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research (BBR)
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Online Access:http://www.alies.pt/BBR%20Editions/Vol-13-1-2016/artigo7.pdf