The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kimani Murage, Elizabeth W ^a   Kahn, Kathleen ^a,b   Pettifor, John M ^c   Tollman, Stephen M ^a,b   Dunger, David B ^d   Gómez Olivé, Xavier F ^a   Norris, Shane A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77950931459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-158     Document Type: Article

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