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The two-year longitudinal relationships between changes in body composition and changes in selected metabolic risk factors (abdominal obesity and blood pressure) among adolescents from Potchefstroom in the North West Province of South Africa
(Wolters Kluwer, 2018)
Objectives: To determine the longitudinal relationship between changes in body composition and selected metabolic risk factors (abdominal obesity and BP) among adolescents from the Tlokwe Municipality in the North West ...
Self-reported physical activity is not a valid method for measuring physical activity in 15 year old South African boys and girls
(Human Kinetics, 2018)
Valid instruments for the assessment of physical activity remains a challenge
in field studies. This study determine the level of agreement between
objectively measured physical activity by ActiHeart® and the ...
Two-year changes in body composition, physical activity, and selected metabolic risk factors among adolescents living in the North West province of South Africa: the PAHL study
(Human Kinetics, 2018)
The purpose of this study was to determine the two-year changes in body
composition, physical activity (PA) and selected metabolic risk factors
(abdominal obesity and blood pressure) among adolescents from the North
West ...
Level of agreement between physical activity levels measured by ActiHeart and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in persons with intellectual disability
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of agreement between objective physical activity (PA) (ActiHeart®) and subjective proxy-respondent International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short version ...
Validity and reliability of the Setswana translation of the Short Form-8 health-related quality of life health survey in adults
(AOSIS, 2018)
Background: The absence of culturally relevant measures in indigenous languages could pose a challenge to epidemiological studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in developing nations.
Aim: To explore the ...
Describing a design thinking methodology to develop sustainable physical activity and nutrition interventions in low resourced settings
(Springer, 2018)
The objective of the study is to describe how design thinking as a participatory process can be applied in determining how sustainable physical activity and nutrition interventions should be implemented in a low resourced ...
Two-year changes in body composition, physical activity and selected metabolic risk factors among adolescents living in Tlokwe Municipality Area, North West Province, South Africa: the Pahl study
(NWU, 2018)
The increase of childhood obesity in low- to middle-income countries is linked to both individual and clustered metabolic risk factors. This study determined the changes, after two years, in body composition, physical ...