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Obesity and Nutrition as Public Health Problem (422) Digital Biomarkers and Digital Phenotyping (304) Hypertension Prevention and Treatment (309) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1580) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1151) Information Seeking, Information Needs (569) Behavioural Surveillance for Public Health (302)

Published on in Vol 7, No 4 (2021): April

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24348, first published .
Monitoring Information-Seeking Patterns and Obesity Prevalence in Africa With Internet Search Data: Observational Study

Monitoring Information-Seeking Patterns and Obesity Prevalence in Africa With Internet Search Data: Observational Study

Monitoring Information-Seeking Patterns and Obesity Prevalence in Africa With Internet Search Data: Observational Study

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Olubusola Oladeji1 Author Orcid Image ;   Chi Zhang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Tiam Moradi2 Author Orcid Image ;   Dharmesh Tarapore2 Author Orcid Image ;   Andrew C Stokes1 Author Orcid Image ;   Vukosi Marivate3 Author Orcid Image ;   Moinina D Sengeh4 Author Orcid Image ;   Elaine O Nsoesie1 Author Orcid Image
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