A review of adolescent nutrition in South Africa: Transforming adolescent lives through nutrition initiative

SV Wrottesley, TM Pedro, CH Fall… - South African Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: In South Africa, urbanisation is associated with substantial burdens of adolescent
overweight and obesity, making teenagers vulnerable to longer-term non-communicable …

Assessing adolescent diet and physical activity behaviour, knowledge and awareness in low-and middle-income countries: a systematised review of quantitative …

T Muzenda, M Kamkuemah, J Battersby, T Oni - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Quantitative epidemiological tools are routinely used to assess adolescent diet and
physical activity (PA) constructs (behaviour, knowledge, and awareness) as risk factors for …

The food and nutrition environment at secondary schools in the Eastern Cape, South Africa as reported by learners

AP Okeyo, E Seekoe, A de Villiers, M Faber… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Overweight and obesity are growing concerns in adolescents, particularly in females in
South Africa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the food and nutrition environment in …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary habits among adolescent girls and their association with parental educational levels

M Alavi, MB Eftekhari, R Noot, J Rafinejad… - Global journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Adolescence is a period of rapid psychological development and the
appearance of secondary sex characteristics. Changes in facial structure are the most …

Pattern of Beverage Consumption and Body Mass Index Among Adolescents in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria

CA Oladoyinbo, A Abiodun, OO Akinbule… - African Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages has been on the increase among children and
adolescents and has been implicated in the overweight and obesity. The study was …

A high prevalence of NCD multimorbidity in South African adolescents and youth living with HIV: Implications for integrated prevention

M Kamkuemah, B Gausi, T Oni - 2021 - researchsquare.com
Background: Adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) face an elevated NCD risk
resulting from HIV, psychosocial challenges and the complications of antiretroviral therapy …

Dietary habits and physical exercise among undergraduate students in southeast Nigeria

CO Chinyere, RAU Olanike, KU Ancilla… - Nigerian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
METHODS This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out among 345
undergraduates of the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus using multistage sampling, a …

Povezanost znanja o prehrani s prehrambenim navikama i stupnjem uhranjenosti hrvatskih adolescenata

J Peršun - 2021 - repozitorij.unizg.hr
Sažetak Prekomjerna tjelesna masa i pretilost epidemije su s kojom se svijet bori već
desetljećima, a značajno su povezane is rizikom za razvoj kroničnih nezaraznih bolesti čija …

Nutrition Competencies of Tuck Shop Owners in Relation to Nutritional Quality of Products Sold at Tshwane Primary School Tuck Shops

N Du Piesanie - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Aims This study aimed to determine the relationship between tuck shop owners' nutrition
competency scores in terms of knowledge, skills and behaviour and the nutritional quality …

[引用][C] Dietary Practices, Nutritional status, Risk of exposure to aflatoxins and Pesticide among adolescents in Boarding-high schools in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

C Nicholaus - 2023 - NM-AIST