Body composition and physical fitness of undernourished South African rural primary school children

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 877-883

  Monyeki, M A ^a   Koppes, L L J ^b   Kemper, H C G ^b   Monyeki, K D ^c   Toriola, A L ^d   Pienaar, A E ^a   Twisk, J W R ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Ellisras rural children; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 22644440933     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602153     Document Type: Article

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