Open AccessRapid Increases in Overweight and Obesity Among South African Adolescents: Comparison of Data From the South African National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey in 2002 and 2008
Author(s) -
Priscilla Reddy,
Ken Resnicow,
Shamagonam James,
Itumeleng Funani,
Nilen S. Kambaran,
Riyadh G. Omardien,
Pardon Masuka,
Ronel Sewpaul,
Roger Vaughan,
Anthony Mbewu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300222
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , socioeconomic status , demography , medicine , ethnic group , cross sectional study , gerontology , environmental health , population , endocrinology , political science , pathology , sociology , law
To aid future policy and intervention initiatives, we studied the prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity among participants in the South African National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey in 2002 and 2008.