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

  • Carmen D Petersen
  • Shane A Norris
  • John M Pettifor
  • Jenny M MacKeown

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.

Author Biographies

Carmen D Petersen
Medical Research Council Mineral Metabolism Research Unit and Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. BA Hons
Shane A Norris
Medical Research Council Mineral Metabolism Research Unit and Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. PhD
John M Pettifor
Medical Research Council Mineral Metabolism Research Unit and Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. MB BCh, PhD
Jenny M MacKeown
Medical Research Council/University of the Witwatersrand, Birth to Twenty Research Programme, Johannesburg. MB BCh, PhD
How to Cite
Petersen, C., Norris, S., Pettifor, J., & MacKeown, J. (1). Eating attitudes in a group of 11-year-old urban South African girls. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 19(2). Retrieved from http://www.sajcn.co.za/index.php/SAJCN/article/view/138
Section
Original Research