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Obesity and overweight in South African primary school children - The health of the nation study

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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:
2220-1009
ISSN:
1608-9677
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:327179
UUID:
uuid:cde674cb-4748-46f1-81b5-fcff5c08e93f
Local pid:
pubs:327179
Source identifiers:
327179
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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