Dietary fat intake and nutritional status indicators of primary school children in a low-income informal settlement in the Vaal region

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-104

  Oldewage Theron, W ^a   Napier, Carin ^b   Egal, A ^a  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Dietary fat intake; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEPHALIC VEIN; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL INDICATOR; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 80054952662     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2011.11734357     Document Type: Article

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