“Culture Is So Interspersed”: Child-Minders’ and Health Workers’ Perceptions of Childhood Obesity in South Africa

Introduction. Forty-one million children globally are overweight or obese, with most rapid rate increases among low- and middle-income nations. Child-minders and health workers play a crucial role in obesity prevention efforts, but their perceptions of childhood obesity in low- and middle-income cou...

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Main Authors: Roger Figueroa, Jaclyn Saltzman, Jessica Jarick Metcalfe, Angela Wiley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9629748