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Correlation between obesity and emotional, social, and behavioral problems associated with physical limitation among children and adolescents in Western Saudi Arabia

Abdulmoein E. Al-Agha, Rahma A. Al-Ghamdi and Shaimaa A. Halabi
Saudi Medical Journal February 2016, 37 (2) 161-165; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.12953
Abdulmoein E. Al-Agha
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Agha), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, and Ibn Sina Medical College (Halabi, Al-Ghamdi), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Rahma A. Al-Ghamdi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Agha), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, and Ibn Sina Medical College (Halabi, Al-Ghamdi), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Shaimaa A. Halabi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Agha), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, and Ibn Sina Medical College (Halabi, Al-Ghamdi), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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