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Comparison of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 9-13 year-old children from two countries using CDC and IOTF reference charts
(Science Alert, 2018)
Background and Objectives: The epidemic of obesity is frequently prevailing, certainly among pediatric inhabitants and could be influenced
by environmental and heritable factors. So, the aim of this study was to compare ...
Effects of an exercise programme with people living with HIV: Research in a disadvantaged setting
(Routledge, 2014)
This study aimed to analyse the physical health effects of a community based 10-week physical activity programme with people living with HIV. It was developed, implemented and evaluated in a disadvantaged community in South ...
Therapeutic recreation as a developing profession in South Africa
(Routledge, 2015)
South Africa experiences socio-economic challenges with a high prevalence of poverty resulting in disability and non-communicable diseases affecting the health and welfare of communities. Health services are not always ...
Sport and recreation on Robben Island
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The article provides insight into an important part of South Africa’s sport history that
has not been explored yet: What was the role sport and recreation played on Robben
Island in the days when it served as political ...
Trends and tendencies in the facilitation and training of sport and development programmes for the youth: Lessons of experience from African cases.
(AFAHPER-SD, 2016)
This article provides an overview of sport and development approaches to training programmes amongst the youth, and includes preliminary results and findings obtained from surveys conducted in South Africa and Ghana by ...
Participation in sport and the perceptions of quality of life of high school learners in the Theewaterskloof Municipality, South Africa
(LAM Publications Limited, 2013)
In South Africa, sport unites the country because it transcends race, gender, politics and language groups. Majority of South African youth are in the developmental phase where critical decisions are being taken on key ...
Results from the healthy active kids South Africa 2018 report card
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2019)
Healthy Active Kids South Africa (HAKSA) Report Cards were produced in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2016.
The 2018 Report Card aims to report on the latest available evidence relating to the physical activity (PA), nutrition and ...
Therapeutic recreation as a developing profession in South Africa
(Routledge, 2015)
South Africa experiences socio-economic challenges with a high prevalence of
poverty resulting in disability and non-communicable diseases affecting the health and
welfare of communities. Health services are not always ...
Exercise testing and intervention: translation into a low resource community
(2015)
Ikageng is a low-resource community on the outskirts of Potchefstroom in the North West Province of South Africa. South Africa experiences a burden of disease that includes both diseases of lifestyle due to obesity and ...
Experiences of young South African gymnasts, parents and coaches about the health benefits of sport participation
(AFAHPER-SD, 2019)
Gymnastics, as a physical activity, presents young people with opportunities to learn physical skills, improve eye-hand coordination, develop gross and fine motor skills, and socially develop through engagement with other ...