Prevalence of obesity and its related factors among Malay government employees in Kangar, Malaysia

This is a cross-sectional study involving 272 randomly selected respondents (151 males and 121 females) from government agencies in Kangar, Perlis. Main objective of this study was to determine factors related to body weight status among government employees in Kangar Perlis. The data were collected...

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Main Author:	Kalmi, Zahratul Nur
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Obesity - ethnology - Malaysia Obesity - Etiology Obesity - Epidemiology
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/71501/1/FPSK%28M%29%202012%2045%20IR.pdf

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