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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Obesity among Undergraduate Student Population in Ghana: An Evaluation Study of Body Composition Indices

2023-07-18

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<h4>Background: </h4> Obesity is a classified risk factor for several of the world’s leading causes of death. In this study, we combined information contained in body mass index (BMI), total percentage body fat (TPBF) and relative fat mass (RFM) to estimate obesity prevalence. Methods The study recruited 1027 undergraduate students aged between 16–25 years using a cross-sectional study design and two-stage strati...

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Literature Corpus work: e7d79f2b-5b3f-56ee-a52e-088d012677f9
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3111666/v1

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