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    • Determinants of obesity in an urban township of South Africa 

      Puoane, Thandi (MedPharm Publications, 2008)
      OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity, and identify factors associated with Body Mass Index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) among adults residing in an urban township in South Africa. DESIGN: ...
    • Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000 

      Joubert, Jane; Puoane, Thandi (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 ...
    • Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey 

      Puoane, Thandi; Steyn, Krisela; Bradshaw, Debbie; Laubscher, Ria; Fourie, Jean; Lambert, Vicki; Mbanangwa, Nolwazi (Nature Publishing Group, 2002)
      To ascertain the anthropometric profile and determinants of obesity in South Africans who participated in the Demographic and Health Survey in 1998. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A sample of 13,089 men and women (age, ...