Rapid increases in overweight and obesity among South African adolescents: Comparison of data from the South African national youth risk behaviour survey in 2002 and 2008

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 262-268

  Reddy, Sasiragha P ^a   Resnicow, Ken ^b   James, Shamagonam ^a   Funani, Itumeleng N ^a   Kambaran, Nilen S ^c   Omardien, Riyadh G ^c   Masuka, Pardon ^c   Sewpaul, Ronel ^a   Vaughan, Roger D ^d   Mbewu, Anthony ^e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARCH Actuarial Consulting   (South Africa)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857250640     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300222     Document Type: Review

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