Youth fitness testing in South African primary school children : national normative data, fitness and fatness, and effects of socioeconomic status
Doctoral Thesis
2009
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Overweight, obesity and declining levels of physical fitness have been identified as a problem in many developed countries (1). More recently concern has been raised as a result of the rapid increase in the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in developing nations ((2); (3); (4); (5)). However, little information is available at a national level for South African primary school children. In this thesis, the current nutritional status and baseline measures of physical fitness are established for a large and representative sample of South African primary school children from a range of ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Interactions between nutritional factors and physical fitness are also considered.
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Armstrong, M. 2009. Youth fitness testing in South African primary school children : national normative data, fitness and fatness, and effects of socioeconomic status. University of Cape Town.