TY - JOUR AU - Nuertey, Benjamin D. AU - Alhassan, Alabira Iddrisu AU - Nuertey, Augustine D. AU - Mensah, Isaac Asimadu AU - Adongo, Victor AU - Kabutey, Clement AU - Addai, Joyce AU - Biritwum, Richard Bekoe PY - 2017 DA - 2017/07/04 TI - Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies JO - BMC Obesity SP - 26 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - The elderly are faced with health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems, which can be linked to obesity and overweight. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors amongst registered pensioners in Ghana. SN - 2052-9538 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0162-4 DO - 10.1186/s40608-017-0162-4 ID - Nuertey2017 ER -