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‘To be a woman is to make a plan’: a qualitative study exploring mothers’ experiences of the Child Support Grant in supporting children’s diets and nutrition in South Africa
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
Food security and good nutrition are key determinants
of child well-being. There is strong evidence that cash
transfers such as South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG)
have the potential to help address some of the ...
"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Summary Points:
* In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating.
* ...
Use of social media platforms by manufacturers to market breast-milk substitutes in South Africa
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)
In South Africa (SA), exclusive breast feeding remains rare, with breast-milk substitutes (BMS) commonly being used in ways that are detrimental to infant and young child nutrition, health and survival. The use of internet, ...
The experience of cash transfers in alleviating childhood poverty in South Africa: Mothers’ experiences of the Child Support Grant
(Routledge, 2014)
Cash transfer (CT) programmes are increasingly being used as policy instruments to
address child poverty and child health outcomes in developing countries. As the
largest cash-transfer programme in Africa, the South ...
Challenges faced by the urban black South Africans in the prevention of non-communicable diseases
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2008)
This paper was conducted to describe some of the circumstances that increases the risk factors for
non-communicable diseases amongst the previously disadvantaged South African population. The work presented
here is based ...
Comparison of the ability of anthropometric indices to predict the risk of diabetes mellitus in South African males: Sanhanes-1
(MDPI, 2022)
This study aimed to assess the sensitivity of body mass index (BMI) to predict the risk of
diabetes mellitus (DM) and whether waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip (WHR) and waist-toheight
(WHtR) ratios are better ...
Risk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2003)
To identify the factors associated with childhood undernutrition. Cross-sectional survey. Hlabisa health district in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa. Eight hundred and sixty-eight children aged 3–59 months. Questionnaire survey ...
Determining food industry compliance to mandatory sodium limits: Successes and challenges from the South African experience
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
To provide an update on the compliance to the Na reduction regulation
(R.214) and to highlight some challenges and successes experienced by South
Africa in the implementation of a mandatory Na regulation. The study design ...
Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors and the risk of metabolic syndrome in taxi drivers: A focus on street food
(Frontiers Media, 2023)
In South Africa, similar to other populous countries, the taxi
industry is an important form of transportation that contributes to the country’s
development. As a result, minibus taxi driving is an occupation characterized ...