Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey

Puoane, Thandi; Steyn, Krisela; Bradshaw, Debbie; Laubscher, Ria; Fourie, Jean; Lambert, Vicki; Mbananga, Nolwazi

doi:10.1038/oby.2002.141

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Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey

Published in Obesity Research • Oct 1, 2002

Authors:

Thandi Puoane

Krisela Steyn

Debbie Bradshaw

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the anthropometric profile and determinants of obesity in South Africans who participated in the Demographic and Health Survey in 1998. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A sample of 13,089 men and women (age, > or =15 years) were randomly selected and then stratified by provi...

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Medicine

Overweight

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