Overweight, obesity and underweight in rural black South African children

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 57-61

  Toriola, A L ^a   Moselakgomo, V K ^a   Shaw, B S ^a   Goon, D T ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84864829038     PISSN: 16070658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2012.11734406     Document Type: Article

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