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Sociodemographic, socioeconomic, clinical and behavioural predictors of body mass index vary by sex in rural South African adults-findings from the AWI-Gen study
Background: Despite increasing obesity in South African adults, data on the prevalence and determinants of body mass index (BMI) from rural communities, home to a significant proportion of the population, are scarce. Objectives: To investigate overall and sex-specific determinants of BMI in a rural...
Autores principales: | Wagner, Ryan G., Crowther, Nigel J., Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa, Kahn, Kathleen, Mhembere, Memory, Myakayaka, Zola, Tollman, Stephen, Wade, Alisha N. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30499746 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1549436 |
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