Body mass index, overweight, and blood pressure among adolescent schoolchildren in Limpopo province, South Africa
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Instituição: Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 1Post-graduate student in the Department of Sports, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 2Professor and Head of the Department of Sports, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 3Associate Professor at the Department of Sports, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 4Lecturer in the Centre for Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa 5Post-graduate student in the Department of Statistics, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa ABSTRACT
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