Neighbourhood deprivation and adult adiposity in South Africa

Over the past three decades there has been a significant increase in adiposity - prevalence of accumulation of excess fat around some human organs - globally. This has been characterised by an increase of body mass index (BMI) among men and women. In Sub-Sahara Africa, South Africa has one of the hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dube, Masimba
Other Authors: Alaba, Olufunke
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29249