Prevalence of Obesity in a Sample of Schoolchildren from Municipalized Schools in the IX Region of Chile 2008-2009
Obesity is a prevalent disease in Chile. The multitude of cause factors makes it a complex disease and therefore very difficult to treat, since its roots lie in the earliest stages of life. We evaluated pupils from 21 municipalized primary schools, in rural and urban communities from the 10 district...
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Main Authors: | Carrasco,Vanessa, Martínez,Cristián, Silva,Héctor, Collipal,Erika, Campos,Christian, Silva,Tamara |
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Language: | English |
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Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
2011
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000300027 |
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