A5090474399- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Physical Activity and Health
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
University of the Witwatersrand
2007-2019
South African Medical Research Council
2019
Physical inactivity is increasing among children and adolescents may be contributing to the prevalence of overweight obesity. This study examines physical activity sedentary behavior patterns, explores associations with individual, maternal, household, community factors amongst rural South African adolescents. In 2009, 381 subjects, stratified by ages 11-12-years 14-15-years, were randomly selected from 3511 who had participated in a growth survey two years previously. Weight height measured...
This study aims to examine the associations between BMI, disordered eating attitude, body dissatisfaction in female adolescents, and descriptive attributes assigned silhouettes of varying sizes male aged 11 15, rural South Africa. Height weight were measured determine BMI. Age sex-specific cut-offs for underweight overweight/obesity determined using International Obesity Task Force cut-offs. Body image satisfaction Feel-Ideal Discrepancy (FID) scores, Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26),...
The aim of this study was to investigate differences/similarities in dietary habits and eating practices between younger older, rural urban South African adolescents specific environments (home, community school) their associations with overweight obesity. Dietary habits, practices, anthropometric measurements were performed on (n = 392, mean age 13 years) 3098, 14 adolescents. Logistic regression analysis used examine the obesity risk. Differences by gender site within three identified....
The aim of this study was to identify and describe the diversity nutrient patterns how they associate with socio-demographic lifestyle factors including body mass index in rural black South African adolescents. Nutrient were identified from quantified food frequency questionnaires (QFFQ) 388 adolescents between ages 11-15 years Agincourt Health Socio-demographic Surveillance System (AHDSS). Principle Component Analysis (PCA) applied 25 nutrients derived QFFQs. Multiple linear regression...
Abstract Objective This study reports on the energy, macro- and micronutrient intakes of a true longitudinal group 143 urban black South African children from Birth-to-Twenty (Bt20) at two interceptions (2000 2003) when they were 10 13 years old, respectively. Methods Subjects resided in Johannesburg/Soweto area Gauteng Province Africa. Dietary intake was assessed using semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire. The coded data analysed SAS. Results Mean daily all six macronutrients most...
To report on the variety and total number of food items recorded by a true longitudinal group urban black South African children (n = 143) from Birth-to-Twenty Study at five interceptions ages 5 (1995), 7 (1997), 9 (1999), 10 (2000) 13 (2003) years, respectively.