Sociodemographic, socioeconomic, clinical and behavioural predictors of body mass index vary by sex in rural South African adults-findings from the AWI-Gen study

• Main Authors: Ryan G. Wagner (Author), Nigel J. Crowther (Author), F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé (Author), Chodziwadziwa Kabudula (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Memory Mhembere (Author), Zola Myakayaka (Author), Stephen Tollman (Author), Alisha N. Wade (Author), as members of AWI-Gen and the H3Africa Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Despite increasing obesity in South African adults, data on the prevalence and determinants of body mass index (BMI) from rural communities, home to a significant proportion of the population, are scarce. Objectives: To investigate overall and sex-specific determinants of BMI in a rural...