Browsing by Subject "Underweight"
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The association between under-nutrition, school performance and perceptual motor functioning in first-grade South African learners: the North-West Child Health Integrated with Learning and Development study
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: Early childhood is characterised by an immense spurt of growing and learning where under-nutrition can have adverse effects on the neuro-developmental health and school performance of children. A full ... -
Body composition profiles of 14-year-old adolescents attending high schools within the Tlokwe municipality area : the PAHL-study
(North-West University, 2014)Globally, overweight and obesity in childhood has already reached pandemic proportions, and this condition is associated with various health problems such as, insulin-resistance, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular ... -
Factors associated with nutritional status of children aged 0-60 months residing in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces
(North-West University, 2009)Background: Poor health, death, reduced human capacity, increased risk of chronic diseases later in life and poverty are the most prominent consequences of child malnutrition. Aim: This study sought to assess the ... -
Prevalence and correlates of underweight and overweight/obesity among women in India: results from the National Family Health Survey 2015-2016
(Dove Medical Press, 2019)Objective: The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of underweight and overweight or obesity among women in India. Subjects and methods: In a population-based cross-sectional 2015–2016 National Family Health ...