Underweight, overweight and obesity among South African adolescents: Results of the 2002 National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Reddy, S P ^a   Resnicow, K ^b   James, S ^a   Kambaran, N ^c   Omardien, R ^c   MBewu, A D ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARCH Actuarial Consulting   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Underweight; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD NUTRITION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; THINNESS;

EID: 62249192931     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002656     Document Type: Article

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