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| Title |
The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-10-158 |
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| Authors |
Elizabeth W Kimani-Murage, Kathleen Kahn, John M Pettifor, Stephen M Tollman, David B Dunger, Xavier F Gómez-Olivé, Shane A Norris |
| Abstract |
Low- to middle-income countries are undergoing a health transition with non-communicable diseases contributing substantially to disease burden, despite persistence of undernutrition and infectious diseases. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and patterns of stunting and overweight/obesity, and hence risk for metabolic disease, in a group of children and adolescents in rural South Africa. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 530 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | <1% |
| Unknown | 513 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 115 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 56 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 10% |
| Researcher | 51 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 43 | 8% |
| Other | 114 | 22% |
| Unknown | 98 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 159 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 67 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 50 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 49 | 9% |
| Sports and Recreations | 16 | 3% |
| Other | 76 | 14% |
| Unknown | 113 | 21% |