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1. Current Topics in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 7

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Masayo Uji, Katerina Asonitou, Gerasimos Prodromitis, Dimitra Koutsouki, Yosra Alhindi, Rana Albarakati, Lujain Almatrafi, Ghaidaa Fatta, Batool Fatani, Upasana Dhar, Ramesh Nagarajappa, Dharmashree Satyarup, Marlin Jena, Abhilash Mohapatra, Abeer Alatawi, Meshaal Alanazi, Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Mohammed Nadeem, Anshul Khare, Vipin Singh, Jiten Shukla, Devendra Chaudhary, Mostafa Elnagger, Hussein A. Motaweh, Kareman Zard, Arbind Kumar Choudhary, Sundareswaran loganathan, Lubna Mohammed Thaher, Jafar Alasad, Mahmoud Maharmeh, Ibrahim Salami, Fidelia Chan Xue Ning, Siti Zamratol Mai-Sarah Mukari, Kartini Ahmad, Mihaela Vladu, Diana Clenciu, Ion Cristian Efrem, Mircea-Cătălin Forțofoiu, Anca Amzolini, Simona Tudorică Micu, Maria Moța, Maria Forțofoiu, E. V. Zakharova, E. S. Stolyarevich, Abdulmajeed Altoijry, Thamer Nouh, Ahmed Alburakan, Magdi Ibrahim, Talal A. Altuwaijri, Hala Mourad Demerdash, Gehan Sharara, Khaled Katri, Fabiano de Oliveira Araujo, Ana Paula Marchetti, Gisele Emilãine da Silva Reis, Paulo Augusto Pires Milani, Albano Luis Novaes Bueno, Yasmine Mendes Pupo, Vinu Sarathy, B. J. Srinivasa, Bhanu Lalkota, P. K. Kiran, Vishal Kulkarni, Samuel Luke Koramati, Radheshyam Naik, E. S. Anibor, Amit Lakhani, Ena Sharma, and S. M. Bhatnagar

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2020
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2. Prevalence of Obesity and Knowledge of Health Risk Associated with Obesity among Female Adolescents in Jordan

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Ibrahim Salami, Lubna Mohammed Thaher, Mahmoud Maharmeh, and Jafar Alasad

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medicine.medical_specialty, Task force, business.industry, Knowledge level, Public health, Obesity risk, General Medicine, Overweight, medicine.disease, Obesity, Environmental health, Medicine, Health risk, medicine.symptom, business, Body mass index
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Introduction: Overweight and obesity is major health challenge worldwide. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and assess knowledge on the health risks associated with obesity among female adolescents in the Jordanian capital Amman. Method: A cross-sectional survey of 782 female adolescents was conducted using random sampling technique. Height and weight were measured and body mass index for age was used to determine overweight and obesity depending on International Obesity Task Force standers. Obesity risk knowledge-10 scale was used to assess knowledge level among female adolescents. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among female adolescents were 34.9% and 12.5% respectively. Knowledge about health risk associated with obesity among female adolescents was low. Ninety five percent of participant had low to moderate knowledge about health risk associated with obesity. Conclusions: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Jordanian female adolescents was high. Overweight and obesity is a serious public health problem among female adolescents in Jordan.

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2018
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