A review of adolescent nutrition in South Africa: transforming adolescent lives through nutrition initiative
Objective: In South Africa, urbanisation is associated with substantial burdens of adolescent overweight and obesity, making teenagers vulnerable to longer-term non-communicable diseases. In addition, as potential future parents, the nutritional status of adolescents is increasingly recognised as a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-10-01
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Series: | The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16070658.2019.1607481 |