If obesity in South African children continues to increase at the current rate, 3.91 million school children will be overweight or obese by 2025. On world Obesity Day, the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSF), together with the World Obesity Federation, calls for decisive action from government, private sector and parents.

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PUBLICATIONS

Klingberg S, van Sluijs EMF, Draper CE. Parent perspectives on preschoolers’ movement and dietary behaviours: A qualitative study in Soweto, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition. 2020; online ahead of print. 

Klingberg S, van Sluijs EMF, Draper CE. “The thing is, kids don’t grow the same”: parent perspectives on preschoolers’ weight and size in Soweto, South Africa. PLOS ONE. 2020;15:e0231094.

Draper CE, Tomaz SA, Cook CJ, Jugdav SS, Ramsammy C, Besharati S, van Heerden A, Vilakazi K, Cockcroft K, Howard SJ, Okely AD. Understanding the influence of 24-hour movement behaviours on the health and development of preschool children from low-income South African settings: the SUNRISE pilot study. South African Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020;32:1-7.

Tomaz SA, Jones RA, Hinkley T, Watson E, Twine R, Kahn K, Norris SA, Draper CE. Screen time and sleep of rural and urban South African preschool children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020;17:5449.

Tomaz SA, Jones RA, Hinkley T, Twine R, Kahn K, Norris SA, Draper CE. Objectively measured physical activity in South African children attending preschool and Grade R: Volume, patterns and meeting guidelines. Pediatric Exercise Science. 2020; epub ahead of print. 

Draper CE, Tomaz SA, Biersteker L, Cook CJ, Couper J et al. The South African 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Birth to Five Years: an integration of physical activity, sitting behaviour, screen time and sleep. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2020;17:109-119.

Tomaz SA, Okely AD, van Heerden A, Vilakazi K, Samuels ML, Draper CE. The South African 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Birth to Five Years: Results from the stakeholder consultation. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2020;17:126-137.

Tomaz SA, Jones RA, Hinkley T, Twine R, Kahn K, Norris SA, Draper CE. Physical activity in early childhood education and care settings in a low-income, rural South African community: an observational study. Rural and Remote Health. 2019;19:5249.

Draper CE, Tomaz SA, Hinkley T, Jones RA, Twine R, Kahn K, Norris SA. Cross-sectional associations of physical activity and gross motor proficiency with adiposity in South African children of pre-school age. Public Health Nutrition. 2019; 22(4): 614-623.

Klingberg S, Draper CE, Micklesfield LK, Benjamin Neelon S, van Sluijs EMF. Childhood obesity prevention in Africa: A systematic review of intervention effectiveness and implementation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16:1212.

Tomaz SA, Prioreschi A, Watson ED, McVeigh JA, Khan T, Rae DE, Jones RA, Draper CE. Body mass index, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, and gross motor skill proficiency in preschool children from a low- to middle-income urban setting. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2019; 16(7):525-532. 

Cook CJ, Howard SJ, Scerif G, Twine R, Kahn K, Norris SA, Draper CE. Associations of physical activity and gross motor skills with executive function in preschool children from low-income SA settings. Developmental Science. 2019; e12820 (epub ahead of print).

Tomaz SA, Jones RA, Hinkley T, Bernstein SL, Twine R, Kahn K, Norris SA, Draper CE. Gross motor skills of South African preschool-aged children across different income settings. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 2019; 22:689-694.