dc.contributor.advisor | Oelofse, A | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Odendaal, H.J | |
dc.contributor.author | De Smidt, Juléy Janice Abigail | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-22T09:06:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-22T09:06:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7849 | |
dc.description | Doctor Scientiae | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In utero exposure to teratogens, increasing urbanization, rapid nutritional transition from poverty to affluence, adoption of a Western-style diet and physical inactivity have contributed to the growing obesity epidemic in the low-income countries. To investigate the associations between in utero exposure to alcohol and nicotine on the growth and development of children aged five years from a low-income setting. These effects will be observed in children aged five years as a reduced pancreas and kidney size, higher aorta and carotid intima thickness as well as higher visceral abdominal adiposity measurements. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Western Cape | en_US |
dc.subject | Alcohol and nicotine | en_US |
dc.subject | Utero exposure | en_US |
dc.subject | Low-income setting | en_US |
dc.subject | Children aged five years | en_US |
dc.subject | Visceral fat | en_US |
dc.title | The effect of maternal exposure to alcohol and nicotine on pancreas and kidney size, aorta and carotid intima thickness and visceral fat in their children. | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | University of Western Cape | en_US |