Browsing by Subject "Underweight"
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Perceptions of body size and its association with HIV/AIDS
(MedPharm Publications, 2011)OBJECTIVE: To explore the perception among black South African women that people who are thin are infected with HIV or have AIDS. SETTING: Khayelitsha, an urban township in Cape Town. SUBJECTS: 513 women aged 18-65 ... -
Social and psychological predictors of body mass index among South Africans 15 years and older: Sanhanes-1
(MPDI, 2019)This study investigated how psychological distress and the proxies for social position combine to influence the risk of both underweight and overweight in South Africans aged 15 years and older. This was a cross-sectional ...