Youth fitness testing in South African primary school children : national normative data, fitness and fatness, and effects of socioeconomic status

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Human Biology

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Armstrong, Miranda Elaine Glynis

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Lambert, Michael Ian
• Lambert, Estelle Victoria

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3219

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3219