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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000
(South African Medical Association, 2007)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden of disease attributable to
excess body weight using the body mass index (BMI), by age
and sex, in South Africa in 2000.
DESIGN: World Health Organization comparative risk
assessment ...
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 ...