CHILDHOOD HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY SETTING: A SURVEY AMONG SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN CALABAR, NIGERIA.
Author(s): Ineji E. O.; Nsa E. I.; Amajor A. C.; Nlemadim A. C.; Anah M. U.; Etuk I. S.
Institute(s): 1,2,3,4,5,6 Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Volume 7 / Issue 1
Abstract
Childhood hypertension is silently rising and gradually becoming a serious public health burden and concern due to its attendant significant morbidity and mortality. It is often neglected and rarely reported. Also, childhood obesity is increasingly assuming epidemic proportion with a consequent predisposition to cardio-metabolic diseases.
Number of Pages: 5
Number of Words: 2754
First Page: 29
Last Page: 33