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Associations of growth impairment and body composition among South African school-aged children enrolled in the KaziAfya project
News from the KaziAfya study
Household socioeconomic status, car ownership, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness
Associations between household socioeconomic status, car ownership, physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness in South African primary schoolchildren living in marginalized communities. News from the KaziAfya study
Hypertension among South African children
Hypertension among South African children in disadvantaged areas and associations with physical activity, fitness and cardiovascular risk markers. News from the DASH study
Academic achievement and inhibitory control
How are academic achievement and inhibitory control associated with physical fitness, soil-transmitted helminth infections, food insecurity and stunting among South African primary schoolchildren? News from the KaziAfya project
Prevalence of stunting and relationship between stunting and associated risk factors with academic achievement and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study with South African primary school children
News from the KaziAfya project
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KaziBantu - A Swiss-South African initiative to promote health literacy
Clustered cardiovascular risk in South African primary schoolchildren
Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and clustered cardiovascular risk in South African primary schoolchildren from disadvantaged communities: a cross-sectional study
KaziBantu webinar with representatives of the Ministry of Education from Mauritius
On 9 December 2020, a webinar was held as part of the KaziBantu project in collaboration with the Mauritius Institute of Education. The Human Movement Science Department of Nelson Mandela University was also involved.The event was…
Effect of school-based interventions on body composition of grade-4 children from lower socioeconomic communities in Gqeberha, South Africa
South African children from disadvantaged communities are plagued by a double burden of under- and over-nutrition. The resulting overweight and obesity on one hand, and stunting on the other hand, are risk factors for chronic diseases in…