Youth fitness testing in South African primary school children : national normative data, fitness and fatness, and effects of socioeconomic status
Year: 2009
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
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.
Author: Miranda Armstrong
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2147017178