Obesity trends and risk factors in the South African adult population

BMC Obesity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cois, Annibale ^a,b   Day, Candy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Health Systems Trust   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Latent growth modelling; Obesity; Sub saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICAN; TOBACCO USE; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 85042855921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40608-015-0072-2     Document Type: Article

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