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Complementary feeding: a critical window of opportunity from six months onwards
(MedPharm Publications, 2013)
This paper aims to propose evidence-based, paediatric food-based dietary guidelines on the complementary feeding
period, from six to 24 months, of South Africa. A growing body of evidence supports the World Health ...
Mentor relationship effects on perceived quality of life by a sample of rural South African teenagers
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
This study investigated mentor effects on the perceived quality of life of South African adolescent boys. Participants
were 20 adolescent boys that completed the Child Functioning Inventory High School, a standardised ...
The availability of recreation policies and strategies for the provision of recreation service delivery in the North West Province, South Africa
(African Journal for Physical, Hea lth Education, Recreation and Dance (AJPHERD), 2014)
The promotion of recreation and leisure through coherent strategies and policy development is a significant move towards changing the quality lives of communities. The unavailability of recreation strategies and policies ...
The availability of recreation policies and strategies for the provision of recreation service delivery in the North West Province, South Africa
(LAM Publications; AJOL; Sabinet, 2014)
The promotion of recreation and leisure through coherent strategies and policy development is a significant move towards changing the quality lives of communities. The unavailability of recreation strategies and policies ...
The sodium content of processed foods in South Africa during the introduction of mandatory sodium limits
(MDPI, 2017)
Background: In June 2016, the Republic of South Africa introduced legislation for
mandatory limits for the upper sodium content permitted in a wide range of processed foods.
We assessed the sodium levels of packaged foods ...
Coexisting conditions among children and adolescents with cancer in a section of the South African private health sector: perspectives from drug utilization data
(Atlantis Press, 2020)
Coexisting conditions are relatively common in children with cancer, however, there is a paucity of information on the prevalence of coexisting conditions in children with cancer in South Africa. This cross-sectional study ...
Comparison of body mass index and fat percentage criteria classification of 7-13 year-old rural boys in South Africa
(BMC, 2020)
Abstract
Background: The aim of this paper was to investigate whether BMI and fat percentage classification criteria, would
classify a sample of 7–13 year old boys from a rural background in similar nutritional ...
Prevalence of comorbidities in women with and without breast cancer in Soweto, South Africa: results from the SABC study
(HMPG, 2019)
Background. Comorbidities occurring concurrently in breast cancer patients can be burdensome, as they may negatively influence time and stage of presentation.
Objectives. To describe the comorbid health conditions among ...
Restructuring and mergers of the South African post-apartheid tertiary system (1994-2011): a critical analysis
(Clute Institute, 2013)
Socio-economic and vocational needs of communities, governments and individuals change over
the years and these discourses served as a compass for restructuring of higher institutions in
South Africa from 1994. Before ...
Indigenous and traditional plants: South African parents’ knowledge, perceptions and uses and their children’s sensory acceptance
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: The dietary shift from indigenous and traditional plants (ITPs) to cash crops and exotic plant food
sources increases the risk of malnutrition and other nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, especially ...