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Built Environment, Selected Risk Factors and Major Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: A Systematic Review
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Built Environment, Selected Risk Factors and Major Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: A Systematic Review

PloS one, 2016-11, Vol.11 (11), p.e0166846-e0166846 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2016 Public Library of Science ;COPYRIGHT 2016 Public Library of Science ;2016 Malambo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2016 Malambo et al 2016 Malambo et al ;ISSN: 1932-6203 ;EISSN: 1932-6203 ;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166846 ;PMID: 27880835

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Perceptions of body size, obesity threat and the willingness to lose weight among black South African adults: a qualitative study
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Perceptions of body size, obesity threat and the willingness to lose weight among black South African adults: a qualitative study

BMC public health, 2016-04, Vol.16 (366), p.365-365, Article 365 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2016 BioMed Central Ltd. ;2016. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;Okop et al. 2016 ;ISSN: 1471-2458 ;EISSN: 1471-2458 ;DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3028-7 ;PMID: 27129700

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Evaluation of an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate "Lifestyle Africa" in South Africa
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Evaluation of an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate "Lifestyle Africa" in South Africa

PLoS medicine, 2022-04, Vol.19 (4), p.e1003964-e1003964 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2022 Public Library of Science ;2022 Catley et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2022 Catley et al 2022 Catley et al ;ISSN: 1549-1676 ;ISSN: 1549-1277 ;EISSN: 1549-1676 ;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003964 ;PMID: 35427357

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Factors Associated with Excessive Body Fat in Men and Women: Cross-Sectional Data from Black South Africans Living in a Rural Community and an Urban Township
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Factors Associated with Excessive Body Fat in Men and Women: Cross-Sectional Data from Black South Africans Living in a Rural Community and an Urban Township

PloS one, 2015-10, Vol.10 (10), p.e0140153-e0140153 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2015 Public Library of Science ;COPYRIGHT 2015 Public Library of Science ;2015 Okop et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2015 Okop et al 2015 Okop et al ;ISSN: 1932-6203 ;EISSN: 1932-6203 ;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140153 ;PMID: 26447880

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School-Based Interventions Targeting Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Body Weight Status of African Children: A Systematic Review
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School-Based Interventions Targeting Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Body Weight Status of African Children: A Systematic Review

Nutrients, 2019-12, Vol.12 (1), p.95 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2020. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2019 by the authors. 2019 ;ISSN: 2072-6643 ;EISSN: 2072-6643 ;DOI: 10.3390/nu12010095 ;PMID: 31905832

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A Scoping Review of Policies Related to the Prevention and Control of Overweight and Obesity in Africa
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A Scoping Review of Policies Related to the Prevention and Control of Overweight and Obesity in Africa

Nutrients, 2021-11, Vol.13 (11), p.4028 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2021 by the authors. 2021 ;ISSN: 2072-6643 ;EISSN: 2072-6643 ;DOI: 10.3390/nu13114028 ;PMID: 34836281

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Association between school-level attributes and weight status of Ghanaian primary school children
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Association between school-level attributes and weight status of Ghanaian primary school children

BMC public health, 2019-05, Vol.19 (1), p.577-10, Article 577 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2019 BioMed Central Ltd. ;2019. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;The Author(s). 2019 ;ISSN: 1471-2458 ;EISSN: 1471-2458 ;DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6937-4 ;PMID: 31092232

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Associations of perceived neighbourhood safety from traffic and crime with overweight/obesity among South African adults of low-socioeconomic status
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Associations of perceived neighbourhood safety from traffic and crime with overweight/obesity among South African adults of low-socioeconomic status

PloS one, 2018-10, Vol.13 (10), p.e0206408-e0206408 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2018 Public Library of Science ;2018 Malambo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2018 Malambo et al 2018 Malambo et al ;ISSN: 1932-6203 ;EISSN: 1932-6203 ;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206408 ;PMID: 30379921

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The relationship between objectively-measured attributes of the built environment and selected cardiovascular risk factors in a South African urban setting
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The relationship between objectively-measured attributes of the built environment and selected cardiovascular risk factors in a South African urban setting

BMC public health, 2018-07, Vol.18 (1), p.847-847, Article 847 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2018 BioMed Central Ltd. ;Copyright © 2018. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;The Author(s). 2018 ;ISSN: 1471-2458 ;EISSN: 1471-2458 ;DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5772-3 ;PMID: 29986681

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Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey
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Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2002-10, Vol.10 (10), p.1038-1048 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1930-7381 ;EISSN: 1930-739X ;DOI: 10.1038/oby.2002.141

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Association between dietary adherence, anthropometric measurements and blood pressure in an urban black population, South Africa
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Association between dietary adherence, anthropometric measurements and blood pressure in an urban black population, South Africa

The South African journal of clinical nutrition, 2020-01, Vol.33 (1), p.1-9 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2020 The Author(s). Co-published by NISC Pty (Ltd) and Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2020 ;2020 The Author(s). Co-published by NISC Pty (Ltd) and Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 1607-0658 ;EISSN: 2221-1268 ;DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2018.1489602

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Prevalence of disease complications and risk factor monitoring amongst diabetes and hypertension patients attending chronic disease management programmes in a South African Township
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Prevalence of disease complications and risk factor monitoring amongst diabetes and hypertension patients attending chronic disease management programmes in a South African Township

African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 2021-09, Vol.13 (1), p.e1-e7 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2021 African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS ;2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2021. The Authors 2021 ;ISSN: 2071-2928 ;EISSN: 2071-2936 ;DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.2997 ;PMID: 34636603

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Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province
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Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors among Children and Adolescents in the Eastern Cape Province

International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022-03, Vol.19 (5), p.2946 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2022 by the authors. 2022 ;ISSN: 1660-4601 ;ISSN: 1661-7827 ;EISSN: 1660-4601 ;DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19052946 ;PMID: 35270639

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Why are primary school children overweight and obese? A cross sectional study undertaken in Kinondoni district, Dar-es-salaam
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Why are primary school children overweight and obese? A cross sectional study undertaken in Kinondoni district, Dar-es-salaam

BMC public health, 2015-12, Vol.15 (10862), p.1269-1269, Article 1269 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2015 BioMed Central Ltd. ;Copyright BioMed Central 2015 ;Mwaikambo et al. 2015 ;ISSN: 1471-2458 ;EISSN: 1471-2458 ;DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2598-0 ;PMID: 26689586

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Prevalence of obesity and overweight in African learners: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis
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Prevalence of obesity and overweight in African learners: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ open, 2017-01, Vol.7 (1), p.e013538-e013538 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing ;Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/. ;Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ 2017 This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ 2017 ;ISSN: 2044-6055 ;EISSN: 2044-6055 ;DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013538 ;PMID: 28087553

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index in Defining Childhood Obesity: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data from Ghanaian Children
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index in Defining Childhood Obesity: Analysis of Cross-Sectional Data from Ghanaian Children

International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019-12, Vol.17 (1), p.36 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;2019 by the authors. 2019 ;ISSN: 1660-4601 ;ISSN: 1661-7827 ;EISSN: 1660-4601 ;DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17010036 ;PMID: 31861542

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Protocol for systematic review of school-based interventions to prevent and control obesity in African learners
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Protocol for systematic review of school-based interventions to prevent and control obesity in African learners

BMJ open, 2017-03, Vol.7 (3), p.e013540-e013540 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing ;Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/. ;Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ 2017 This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ 2017 ;ISSN: 2044-6055 ;EISSN: 2044-6055 ;DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013540 ;PMID: 28348187

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Development and validation of instruments measuring body image and body weight dissatisfaction in South African mothers and their daughters
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Development and validation of instruments measuring body image and body weight dissatisfaction in South African mothers and their daughters

Public health nutrition, 2005-08, Vol.8 (5), p.509-519 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The Authors 2005 ;The Authors ;ISSN: 1368-9800 ;EISSN: 1475-2727 ;DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005814 ;PMID: 16153332

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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000
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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000

South African medical journal, 2007-08, Vol.97 (8), p.683-690 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2007 INIST-CNRS ;COPYRIGHT 2007 Health & Medical Publishing Group ;ISSN: 0256-9574 ;PMID: 17952225 ;CODEN: SAMJAF

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Determinants of obesity in an urban township of South Africa
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Determinants of obesity in an urban township of South Africa

The South African journal of clinical nutrition, 2008-01, Vol.21 (4), p.315-320 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 2008 Taylor and Francis Group LLC 2008 ;ISSN: 1607-0658 ;EISSN: 2221-1268 ;DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2008.11734173

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