Ethnic-specific associations between abdominal and gluteal fat distribution and the metabolic complications of obesity : implications for the use of liposuction

Includes bibliographical references. === More than three-quarters (77%) of the 40.5 million people living in South Africa are black African, of which more than 40% are urbanised. Black African women living in urban areas have a significantly higher prevalence (62%) of overweight than urban black mal...

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Main Author: Hayes, Philip Michael
Other Authors: Goedecke, Julia
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12235