Changing patterns of under- and over-nutrition in South African children - Future risks of non-communicable diseases

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Jinabhai, Champaklal C ^b   Taylor, Myra ^b   Sullivan, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTING SYNDROME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 14944355882     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X23290     Document Type: Article

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