Overweight among children decreased, but obesity prevalence remained high among women in South Africa, 1999-2005

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 594-599

  Kruger, Herculina S ^a   Steyn, Nelia P ^b   Swart, Elizabeth C ^c   Maunder, Eleni M W ^d   Nel, Johanna H ^e   Moeng, Lynn ^f   Labadarios, Demetre ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Children; Overweight obesity; South Africa; Stunting; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857982305     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001100262X     Document Type: Article

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