Socio-demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity among primary school children in semi-urban areas of mid-western Nigeria

Adewale Elijah Adetunji; Kayode Adesoye Adeniran; Sylvia Chinwendu Olomu; Angela Ifeoma Odike; Rosemary Omonigho Ewah-Odiase; Irekpono Ukhueleigbe Omoike; George Obozokhale Akpede

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214570

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Socio-demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity among primary school children in semi-urban areas of mid-western Nigeria

Adewale Elijah Adetunji ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: tunjiwale2007@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3394-908X

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Kayode Adesoye Adeniran,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria
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Sylvia Chinwendu Olomu,

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo Sate, Nigeria
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Angela Ifeoma Odike,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo Sate, Nigeria
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Rosemary Omonigho Ewah-Odiase,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo Sate, Nigeria
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Irekpono Ukhueleigbe Omoike,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria
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George Obozokhale Akpede

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo Sate, Nigeria
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Socio-demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity among primary school children in semi-urban areas of mid-western Nigeria

Adewale Elijah Adetunji,
Kayode Adesoye Adeniran,
Sylvia Chinwendu Olomu,
Angela Ifeoma Odike,
Rosemary Omonigho Ewah-Odiase,
Irekpono Ukhueleigbe Omoike,
George Obozokhale Akpede

Published: April 3, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214570

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