Childhood overweight, obesity and associated factors among primary school children in dire dawa, eastern Ethiopia; a cross-sectional study

Assefa Desalew1, Alemnesh Mandesh2, Agumasie Semahegn1
1School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Po. Box. 235, Harar, Ethiopia
2Department of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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