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International Journal of Clinical Research & Trials Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCRT-104, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2016/104
Research Article
Obesity Associations with Behavior and Anxiety in Lebanese Adolescents

Mohamad Al-Tannir1*, Nahla Abou Assi2, Amani K Abu-Shaheen1, Youssef Altannir3

1Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Pediatrics, Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
3Al-Faisal University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mohamad Al-Tannir, Chairperson of Clinical and Translational Research Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11525, P. O. Box 59046; E-mail: maltannir@kfmc.med.sa
25 January 2016; 13 June 2016; 15 June 2016
Al-Tannir M, Assi NA, Abu-Shaheen AK, Altannir Y (2016) Obesity Associations with Behavior and Anxiety in Lebanese Adolescents. Int J Clin Res Trials 1: 104. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2016/104
© 2016 Al-Tannir et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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