Health Risks of Obesity
Open Access
- 3 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by African Journals Online (AJOL) in Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 7 (2), 22-25-25
- https://doi.org/10.4314/aipm.v7i2.64083
Abstract
Obesity is becoming of interest as a non-communicable disease. There is however a dearth of information on obesity in this environment, as literature in developing countries is limited. Review of health risks of obesity is useful in order to increase the pool of available information in Nigeria and to draw attention to obesity and its attendant health risks. Keywords: Health, risks, obesity.Keywords
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