Factors associated with excessive body fat in men and women: Cross-sectional data from black South Africans living in a rural community and an urban township

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Okop, Kufre Joseph ^a,b   Levitt, Naomi ^b   Puoane, Thandi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE MAN; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84948670759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140153     Document Type: Article

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