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Body composition profiles of 14-year-old adolescents attending high schools within the Tlokwe municipality area : the PAHL-study
(North-West University, 2014)
Globally, overweight and obesity in childhood has already reached pandemic proportions, and this condition is associated with various health problems such as, insulin-resistance, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular ...
The relationship between resting metabolic rate and body composition in adolescents from different ethnicity : the PAHL–Study
(North-West University, 2011)
Obesity in children and adolescents is on the rise and is a major risk factor for chronic
disease, thus posing one of the greatest public health challenges for the 21st century.
Although adolescent obesity is increasing ...
The relationship between physical activity and markers of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents : the PAHL-study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Low levels of physical activity (PA) are associated with a dramatic rise in obesity. The increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity is in parallel with an increase in metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence. Numerous ...