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Bone turnover markers in HIV-infected women on tenofovir-based antiretroviral therapy
(AOSIS, 2017)
Background: Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) antiretroviral therapy is associated with disruption of the bone turnover process.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the association between tenofovir ...
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
(Nature, 2019)
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities1,2. This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most ...
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background
Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, ...
Psychosocial barriers and enablers of exclusive breastfeeding: lived experiences of mothers in low-income townships, North West Province, South Africa
(BMC, 2020)
Background:Despite national efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), South Africa’s EBF rate is only 32 %.The aim of this study was to examine the rate of EBF discontinuation and the lived experiences of ...
Level of agreement between objectively determined body composition and perceived body image in 6-to 8-year-old South African children: the Body Composition-Isotope Technique study
(Public Library of Science, 2020)
To assess the level of agreement between body size self-perception and actual body size determined by body mass index (BMI) z-score and body fatness measured by the deuterium dilution method (DDM) in South African children ...
Magnesium intake predicts bone turnover in postmenopausal black South African women
(MDPI, 2019)
This prospective study investigated the association between nutrient intake, dietary patterns, and changes in bone turnover and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal urban black South African women over two years. ...
Dietary sodium intake and its relationship to adiposity in young black and white adults: the African‐PREDICT study
(Wiley, 2018)
Obesity and salt intake are both established factors contributing to cardiovascular
disease development. Recently, studies found a controversial positive relationship
between dietary salt and obesity. Therefore, the ...
Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants
(Oxford Univ Press, 2018)
Background
Change in the prevalence of raised blood pressure could be due to both shifts in the entire distribution of blood pressure (representing the combined effects of public health interventions and secular trends) ...
Measurement of physical activity in urban and rural south african adults: a comparison of two self-report methods
(BioMed Central, 2016)
Background
Due to the large mortality from inactivity-related non-communicable diseases in low- and middle- income countries, accurate assessment of physical activity is important for surveillance, monitoring and understanding ...
Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies
(Oxford Univ Press, 2017)
Background
The 2016 Dar Es Salaam Call to Action on Diabetes and Other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) advocates national multi-sectoral NCD strategies and action plans based on available data and information from countries ...