Overweight and Obesity Coexist with Thinness among Lao's Urban Area Adolescents.

Conclusions: Laotian adolescents are facing the spectrum of malnutrition in urban areas. To improve adolescents' nutritional status, there is a need for a collaborative approach of public health agencies that would address the issues of an effective food and nutrition policy. The school curricula should also include programs on nutrition and physical education. PMID: 32864170 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864170?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Obesity - September 1, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: J Obes Source Type: research