A descriptive study of biological and psychosocial factors associated with body mass index for age, in adolescents attending an outpatient department at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital

Objective: To describe biological and psychosocial factors associated with body mass index (BMI) for age in adolescents attending an outpatient department at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital. Methods: A total of 50 adolescents participated in a convenience sampling research study. BMIs were calculat...

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Main Authors: Kgomotso R. Ncube, Nadira Khamker, Deborah van der Westhuizen, Thea Corbett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2017-08-01
Series:South African Journal of Psychiatry
Online Access:https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/973