The determinants of overweight and obesity among 10- to 15-year-old schoolchildren in the North West Province, South Africa - The THUSA BANA (Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South Africans; BANA, children) study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-358

  Kruger, R ^a   Kruger, H S ^b   MacIntyre, U E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body fat percentage; Body mass index; Determinants; Dietary intake; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33744922134     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2006849     Document Type: Article

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