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an evaluation for cardiovascular risk factors. Furthermore, the
adiposity status of individuals can be confirmed by BMI and
skinfolds in addition to body frame size.
Future studies on the associations between body frame
size and adiposity in Polokwane or Limpopo Province should
compare rural and urban children, and private and public school
children on a longitudinal basis. They should also use more than
one adiposity variable.
The authors thank the Ellisras Longitudinal Study administrators, Mr TT
Makata, Ms SP Seleka and Mr W Makata for coding the data. We acknowl-
edge Sandra Duncan, our language editor.
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