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Two-year changes in body composition, physical activity, and selected metabolic risk factors among adolescents living in the North West province of South Africa: the PAHL study
(Human Kinetics, 2018)The purpose of this study was to determine the two-year changes in body composition, physical activity (PA) and selected metabolic risk factors (abdominal obesity and blood pressure) among adolescents from the North West ... -
Two-year longitudinal health-related fitness, anthropometry and body composition status amongst adolescents in Tlokwe Municipality: the PAHL Study
(AOSIS, 2015)Aim: To evaluate a two–year longitudinal development of health–related fitness, anthropometry and body composition status amongst adolescents in Tlokwe Municipality, Potchefstroom, South Africa." "Setting: A total ... -
The two-year longitudinal relationships between changes in body composition and changes in selected metabolic risk factors (abdominal obesity and blood pressure) among adolescents from Potchefstroom in the North West Province of South Africa
(Wolters Kluwer, 2018)Objectives: To determine the longitudinal relationship between changes in body composition and selected metabolic risk factors (abdominal obesity and BP) among adolescents from the Tlokwe Municipality in the North West ... -
Type of dietary fat intakes in relation to all-cause and cause-specific mortality in US adults: an iso-energetic substitution analysis from the American National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey linked to the US mortality registry
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)Accumulating evidence indicates that saturated fat intake is related to mortality risk increase, whereas unsaturated fat intake is associated with reduced mortality risk. The aim of the present study was to estimate the ... -
Ultrasound comparison of the effects of prehabilitation exercises and the scapular assistance test on the acromiohumeral distance
(ASSAf, 2017)Background: Prolonged participation in overhead sports creates shoulder muscle imbalances which eventually alter the efficacy of the shoulder stabiliser muscles and heighten injury risk, such as subacromial impingement ... -
Unbalanced biotransformation metabolism and oxidative stress status: implications for deficient fatty acid oxidation
(Scientific Research, 2011)The concept of accumulating xenobiotics within the human body as a health risk is well known. However, these compounds can also be endo-genous, as in the case of inborn errors of me-tabolism, and lead to some of the same ... -
Undernutrition in the developing world
(Karger, 2015)Key Messages Undernutrition is an outcome of many interlinked disadvantages rooted in poverty. "It is also a major cause of poverty. There is a vicious cycle between undernutrition, low human capital, underdevelopment, ... -
Understanding goal motivations in deprived contexts: perspectives of adults in two rural South African communities
(Springer, 2018)The aim of the present study was to explore and describe the goals and motivations underlying them for adults living in rural African contexts using an inductive approach. Seventy participants (n = 25 males, n = 45 females) ... -
Understanding well-being in the Ghanaian context: linkages between lay conceptions of well-being and measures of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being
(Springer, 2019)The aim of this study was to explore the measurement and conceptualisation of well-being within the Ghanaian socio-cultural setting. In addition to testing the structural validity of two commonly used well-being scales, ... -
UNICEF training package for scaling up skilled community infant and young child feeding counselors: Zimbabwe experience
(Elsevier, 2015)In the context of improving nutrition in Zimbabwe and other developing "countries, the need to build the capacity" of community–based healthworkers (CBWs) is well recognized.1 This capacity is needed to support mothers and ... -
Unintentional injuries and socio-psychological correlates among school-going adolescents in four ASEAN countries
(Dove Medical Press, 2019)Objectives: The study aimed to report the prevalence and socio-psychological correlates of non-fatal injury among school adolescents in four ASEAN countries. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional research data from the ... -
Unpacking, summing and anchoring in retrospective time estimation
(Elsevier, 2019)We examined whether or not interventions that have been used to try to influence predictions of future task duration – unpacking, summing and anchoring – had a similar effect on retrospective estimations of duration. In ... -
Untold Stories of a group of Black South Africans about the Apartheid Era
(National Inquiry Services Centre(NISC) Pty Ltd, 2009)The aim of this research was to explore the alternative stories of a group of black adults who survived the apartheid years in South Africa. In common parlance it is held that there are two sides to a story and surely, ... -
An update on derivatisation and repurposing of clinical nitrofuran drugs
(Elsevier, 2019)5-nitrofurans (NFs) have been in clinical use for over 60 years. These affordable drugs are used for the treatment of a broad spectrum of diseases ranging from urinary tract infections to cancer. The anti-pathogenic effect ... -
Urbanization of black South African women may increase risk of low bone mass due to low vitamin D status, low calcium intake and high bone turnover
(Elsevier, 2011)Globally, rural to urban migration is accompanied by changes in dietary patterns and lifestyle that have serious health implications, including development of low bone mass. We hypothesized that serum 25 (OH) vitamin D3 ... -
Urgency for South Africa to prioritise cardiovascular disease management
(Elsevier, 2019)Over the past few decades, the burden of high blood pressure has shifted from high-income to low-income and middle-income countries, including sub-Saharan Africa.1 Raised blood pressure is accompanied by rising obesity ... -
Uric acid and the cardiovascular profile of African and caucasian men
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Urinary albumin excretion from spot urine samples predict all-cause and stroke mortality in Africans
(Oxford University Press, 2014)BACKGROUND: Increased urinary albumin excretion reflects general vascular damage and predicts adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes. Albuminuria can be determined from easily collected spot urine samples, especially ... -
Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio is inversely related to nitric oxide synthesis in young black adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Nature, 2020)Hypertension is common in black populations and is known to be associated with low nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. We compared plasma and urinary NO-related markers and plasma creatine kinase (CK) levels between young ... -
Urinary excretion of platinum (Pt) following skin and respiratory exposure to soluble Pt at South African precious metals refineries
(Elsevier, 2018)Adverse respiratory and skin health effects have been associated with occupational exposure to soluble platinum (Pt). However, the relationship between skin exposure and urinary Pt excretion has not yet been investigated. ...