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Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and mortality: a prospective cohort study
(Elsevier, 2015)
Background: Alcohol consumption is proposed to be the third most important modifi able risk factor for death and disability. However, alcohol consumption has been associated with both benefi ts and harms, and previous ...
Use of natural gums and mucilages as pharmaceutical excipients
(Bentham Science, 2015)
Polysaccharide rich gums and mucilages are produced by different natural sources such as plants, animals and microbial organisms to fulfil structural and physiological functions. Their diverse structural compositions with ...
A decade of nutrition research in Africa: assessment of the evidence base and academic collaboration
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)
Objective: Malnutrition in Africa has not improved compared with other regions in the world. Investment in the build–up of a strong African research workforce is essential to provide contextual solutions to the nutritional ...
Adolessente se ervaring binne 'n lesbiese ouerhuis: n Pastorale–Gestaltteoretiese hulpverlening
(University of Pretoria HTS, 2015)
The article describes the development of adolescents for a sense of self in a lesbian home," in order to compile guidelines for lesbian parents as well as pastoral counsellors to help "and guide adolescents to ...
Lean mass appears to be more strongly associated with bone health than fat mass in urban black South African women
(Springer France, 2015)
To examine the association between body composition (fat mass, lean mass and body mass index, BMI) and bone health (bone mineral density, BMD and fracture risk) in urban black South African women.Design:A cross sectional ...
Proficiency at object control skills by nine–to ten year old children In South Africa: The NW–child study
(Ammons Scientific, Ltd, 2015)
Summary - Adequate profciency at object control skills, which is in?uenced by biological and environmental constraints, underlies the development of more complex sport–specific skills. This study describes profciency at ...
The use of anthropometric measurements and the Influence of demographic factors on the prediction of vo2max in a cohort of adolescents: the Pahl study
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)
Background:
prediction models have not focused on children and adolescents from South Africa and have not included various demographic factors as possible predictors.
Aim: The purpose of this study was, therefore, to ...
Guidelines to facilitate self–care among older persons in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2015)
Background: The number of older persons is growing at an alarming rate, yet the South African healthcare sector is not giving this issue the required attention. Moreover, the healthcare sector serves four-fifths of the ...
Disordered eating behavior, body image, and energy status of female student dancers
(Human Kinetics Publ Inc, 2015)
Background: Modern culture has stereotyped the female body as one that is continually getting thinner.
Internalization of the ‘thin’ ideal is partly attributable to the inner ideal to be successful combined with the
external ...
A partial validation of the WHOQOL-OLD in a sample of older people in South Africa
(Co-action Publishing, 2015)
Background: This paper describes the psychometric properties of the WHOQOL–OLD, an add–on module to" the World Health Organization s Quality of Life measure for older people in a South African sample. The WHOQOL–OLD ...