Youth fitness testing in South African primary school children : national normative data, fitness and fatness, and effects of socioeconomic status
Type
Thesis
Authors
Category
ECCE, Foundation, Intermediate, Senior
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Publication Year
2009
Publisher
URL
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Pages
291 p.
Subject
Early childhood development (ECD), Primary education, Children, Obesity, Physical fitness, Nutritional status, South Africa
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Abstract
Overweight, obesity and declining levels of physical fitness have been identified as a problem in many developed countries (1). More recently concern has been raised as a result of the rapid increase in the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in developing nations ((2); (3); (4); (5)). However, little information is available at a national level for South African primary school children. In this thesis, the current nutritional status and baseline measures of physical fitness are established for a large and representative sample of South African primary school children from a range of ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Interactions between nutritional factors and physical fitness are also considered.
Description
Thesis (PhD)--University of Cape Town, 2009
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1
