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Exploring the association between body image, body fat, and total cardiovascular disease risk among adults in a rural and an urban community of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Background: Obesity is increasing worldwide, and cultural perception of body image is considered an important contributor to the obesity epidemic among black Africans. Aim: To explore the association between body image ...
An exploration of the perceptions about being thin, HIV/AIDS and body image in black South African women
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This study explored the perceptions of black South African women residing in Khayelitsha, Site B, about thinness, HIV/AIDS and body image. Obesity is a major public health problem in developed as well as developing countries. ...
Determining food and nutrition literacy of community health workers in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Obesity is one of the critical problems that threatens not only health, but the
economy at a global level. Among the factors associated with obesity is less than optimum
level of nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy ...
Body Image: Society's Secret Obsession
(University of the Western Cape, 2002)
Women and their bodies are at the very centre of a prevailing cultural obsession regarding strict standards of body weight, shape and image. The pressure to achieve unattainable body-beautiful standards has given rise to ...