Journal article
Obesity and overweight in South African primary school children - The health of the nation study
- Abstract:
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Objectives. To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sample of South African children aged 6 - 13 years. Design. Random sampling of schools within each provincial and socio-economic category. Setting. Primary school children from 5 South African provinces. Subjects. 10 195 (5 611 male and 4 584 female) primary school children. Outcome measure. Height and weight were measured and body mass index (BMI) (weight (kg)/height (M)2) was calculated for each grouping (age x gender x ...
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- Journal:
- Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 52-63
- Publication date:
- 2006-11-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2220-1009
- ISSN:
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1608-9677
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:327179
- UUID:
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uuid:cde674cb-4748-46f1-81b5-fcff5c08e93f
- Local pid:
- pubs:327179
- Source identifiers:
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327179
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2006
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