Obesity among Urban primary schoolchildren

• Main Authors: Hamid, Mohamad Shariff A., Sazlina, S.G, Shamsul, A.S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 2007
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24451/; https://jummec.um.edu.my/article/view/4553
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Three urban public primary schools in the district of Petaling, Selangor were surveyed for obesity amongst the schoolchildren and factors related to it. The prevalence of obesity amongst primary schoolchildren, with the mean age of 8.91 years was 9.5%. In addition, it was more prevalent among the bo...