Urban and rural differences in dietary intake, weight status and nutrition knowledge of black female students

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-59

  Steyn, Nelia P ^a   Senekal, Marjanne ^b   Brtis, Sanet ^a   Nel, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black women; Body mass index; Dietary intake; Food frequency; Foods; Nutritional status; Obesity; South Africa; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044518171     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2000.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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