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Price rather than nutrition information the main influencer of consumer food purchasing behaviour in South Africa: a qualitative study
(Wiley, 2018)
In South Africa there has been a paucity of data on food and nutrition labelling since the publication of the new food‐labelling legislation. This study aimed to explore whether the nutrition information on food products ...
Representations of hope, goals, and meaning from lay person’s perspectives in two African contexts
(Sage, 2018)
In the rapidly expanding field of positive psychology, a core question is now what the relationships among various positive constructs are and how we can understand this in various contexts. We aimed to explore the possible ...
Relationship between demographic variables and leisure constraints of selected South African first-year university students
(NWU, 2018)
This study aimed to determine the influence of demographic variables on leisure constraint among selected South African first-year students. Based on an availability sample, first-year students (N=334) from academic ...
Concurrent tobacco use and risky drinking in South Africa: results from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
The aim of this study was to examine socio-demographic and psychosocial correlates of concurrent tobacco use and
risky drinking We analysed data from the cross-sectional South African National Health and Nutrition ...
Changes in food intake from 2005 to 2010 by a cohort of black rural and urban African men and women in the North West Province of South Africa: the PURE-NWP-SA study
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)
Objective
We have shown that nutrient intakes of rural and urban black Africans in the North West Province (NWP) of South Africa (SA) followed the typical nutrition transition pattern upon urbanization and modernization. ...
The development of a single health-endorsement logo for South Africa
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)
Objective
To develop health-endorsement logos (HEL) for food products indicating healthy choices based on the South African nutrient profile model and to pilot test these logos with consumers.
Design
Multistage mixed-methods ...
Validation of the Stress Overload Scale and Stress Overload Scale-short form among a Setswana-speaking community in South Africa
(Sage, 2018)
Although there has been extensive research on the phenomenon of stress, there is still a lack of assessment tools, especially in the South African context, that have strong theoretical underpinnings, tapping into both ...
Consumer knowledge and use of food and nutrition labelling in South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study
(Wiley, 2018)
The noncommunicable disease burden can be addressed through population-wide interventions, including the promotion of healthy diets through the provision of adequate nutrition information on food labels. The study aimed ...
Chronic disease list conditions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the private healthcare sector of South Africa
(Springer, 2018)
Introduction
Little is known about the burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in South Africa. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of RA and coexisting chronic disease list (CDL) conditions in the private ...
Problematic factorial validity of three language versions of the Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS): why and what are the implications?
(Springer, 2018)
Self-determination theory is a macrotheory of human motivation that describes fundamental matters such as personality development, goals and aspirations, and self-regulation. Basic psychological needs theory, a subtheory ...