World pandemic of obesity: The situation in Southern African populations

Public Health

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 368-372

  Walker, A R P ^a,b   Adam, F ^a,b   Walker, B F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African obesity pandemic; Outlook; Risk factors; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

DIET; HEALTH STATUS; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOTSWANA; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NAMIBIA; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZIMBABWE;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0035195002     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900790     Document Type: Article

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