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Eating attitudes in a group of 11-year-old urban South African girls

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 19 , issue 2 , 2006 , pages: 80–85

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2006.11734096

Author(s): Carmen Petersen Medical Research Council Mineral Metabolism Research Unit and Department of Paediatrics, , Shane Norris Medical Research Council Mineral Metabolism Research Unit and Department of Paediatrics, , John Pettifor Medical Research Council Mineral Metabolism Research Unit and Department of Paediatrics, , Jenny MacKeown Medical Research Council/University of the Witwatersrand,

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Abstract

Objectives. To explore and describe eating attitudes in early pubertal 11-year-old black and white South African girls in an urban environment undergoing transition.

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