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‘Big is beautiful’ – an exploration with urban black community health workers in a South African township

T. Puoane, J. Fourie, M. Shapiro, L. Rosling, N C Tshaka, A. Oelefse

2005.4.1South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2005.11734033

Abstract

Objectives: To explore perceptions about factors associated with body weight and body image among black female community health workers (CHWs) living and working in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Citation format

PUOANE, T., et al. ‘Big is beautiful’ – an exploration with urban black community health workers in a south African township. South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005, 18: 15–6.