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Results from South Africa's 2016 report card on physical activity for children and youth
(Human Kinetics Publishers Inc., 2016)
Background: We present results of the 2016 Healthy Active Kids South Africa (HAKSA) Report Card on the current status of physical activity (PA) and nutrition in South African youth. The context in which we interpret the ...
COVID-19 food security
(José Frantz, 2021)
It’s not as if South Africa started 2020 on the right foot. The latest
available numbers suggest that about 11% of the country’s population
(or around 6.5-million people) suffer from hunger every year.
We should not ...
Social work and food security: Case study on the nutritional capabilities of the landfill waste pickers in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2017)
Food security (or the lack of it) has a direct impact on people’s well-being and is of great concern to many disciplines. The study on which the article is based used Drèze and Sen’s ‘nutritional capability’ concept as a ...
“Feeding a child slowly:” a responsive feeding behavior component likely to reduce stunting: Population-based observations from rural Zambia
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Zambia has a very high prevalence of stunting (40%). Child feeding behaviors such as “feeding the child slowly” are now receiving attention in addressing child undernutrition, particularly stunting. A study was undertaken ...
Results From South Africa’s 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
(Human Kinetics Publishers, 2016)
We present results of the 2016 Healthy Active Kids South Africa (HAKSA) Report Card on the current status
of physical activity (PA) and nutrition in South African youth. The context in which we interpret the findings is ...
Socio-cultural, environmental and behavioural determinants of obesity in black South African women
(Clinics Cardive Publishing (Pty) Ltd, 2013)
South Africa (SA) is undergoing a rapid epidemiological
transition and has the highest prevalence of obesity in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA), with black women being the most
affected (obesity prevalence 31.8%). Although ...
Urban poverty in Cape Town
(Sage Publications, 2005)
This paper describes key findings of a household livelihood survey
conducted in impoverished African settlements in Cape Town, one of Africa’s wealthiest
cities. Poverty in these areas is strongly shaped by the history ...
Social grants, remittances, and food security: Does the source of income matter?
(Spinger, 2019)
Large numbers of South Africans receive social grants (public transfers) or remittances (private transfers), and yet one in four
South Africans is food insecure. The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: do ...
The informal food sector and cohabitation with supermarkets in Windhoek, Namibia
(Spinger, 2019)
Much of the literature on urban food systems has focused on supermarket expansion and their ability to reach urban consumers. However, the current pace of urbanisation and rising urban poverty has been accompanied by a ...
Resituating Africa’s urban informal food sector
(Spinger, 2019)
The complex dynamics of the informal food sector in urban Africa are poorly understood. Urban informal food systems are beginning to receive attention from scholars and policymakers, but the notable absence of detailed ...