The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children

• Main Authors: Dunger David B (Author), Tollman Stephen M (Author), Pettifor John M (Author), Kahn Kathleen (Author), Kimani-Murage Elizabeth W (Author), Gómez-Olivé Xavier F (Author), Norris Shane A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Low- to middle-income countries are undergoing a health transition with non-communicable diseases contributing substantially to disease burden, despite persistence of undernutrition and infectious diseases. This study aimed to invest...