The epidemic of obesity in South Africa: A study in a disadvantaged community

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 431-437

  Temple, Norman J ^a   Steyn, Krisela ^b   Hoffman, Margaret ^d   Levitt, Naomi S ^d   Lombard, Carl J ^c  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chron Dis of Lifestyle Programme   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blacks; Body mass index; Body weight; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035461091     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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