Food items consumed by students attending schools in different socioeconomic areas in Cape Town, South Africa.
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The large majority of food eaten by adolescent students in Cape Town is classified as being unhealthy choices, including foods brought to school and food purchases, which needs to be given to policy measures to improve this situation.About:
This article is published in Nutrition.The article was published on 2006-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 118 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.read more
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An examination of the demographic predictors of adolescent breakfast consumption, content, and context
Barbara Mullan,Barbara Mullan,Cara Wong,Emily Kothe,Kathleen O’Moore,Kristen Pickles,Kirby Sainsbury,Kirby Sainsbury +7 more
TL;DR: This study provides a comprehensive examination of the factors underlying breakfast consumption (content and context) and has important implications for the development of evidence-based interventions to improve rates of breakfast consumption and the quality of food consumed amongst adolescents.
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Dietary intake of schoolchildren and adolescents in developing countries.
TL;DR: The existence of a negative and positive energy balance in the same population points to the dual burden of malnutrition and highlights the emerging nutrition transition in developing countries.
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The cost of a healthy diet: a South African perspective.
Norman J. Temple,Nelia P. Steyn +1 more
TL;DR: The cost of a typical South African diet with a healthier one is compared and it is shown that a healthy diet is unaffordable for most South Africans, showing the importance of not only educating people in developing countries to the need of ahealthy diet but also explaining how to make such a diet affordable.
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Application of Intervention Mapping to develop a community-based health promotion pre-pregnancy intervention for adolescent girls in rural South Africa: Project Ntshembo (Hope).
Catherine E. Draper,Lisa K. Micklesfield,Kathleen Kahn,Stephen Tollman,John M. Pettifor,David B. Dunger,David B. Dunger,Shane A. Norris +7 more
TL;DR: The Ntshembo intervention is novel, both in SA and globally, as it is based on strong evidence, extensive formative work and best practice from evaluated interventions, includes multiple domains of influence, and embeds within existing and planned health service priorities in SA.
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HealthKick: a nutrition and physical activity intervention for primary schools in low-income settings
Catherine E. Draper,Anniza de Villiers,E.V. Estelle V Lambert,Jean Fourie,Jillian Hill,Lucinda Dalais,Zulfa Abrahams,Nelia P. Steyn +7 more
TL;DR: The primary aims of HealthKick are to prevent overweight, and reduce risk of chronic diseases (particularly type 2 diabetes), as well as to promote the development of an environment within the school and community that facilitates the adoption of healthy lifestyles.
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