TY - JOUR AU - Mkhonto, Seth S. AU - Labadarios, Demetre AU - Mabaso, Musawenkosi LH PY - 2012 DA - 2012/02/23 TI - Association of body weight and physical activity with blood pressure in a rural population in the Dikgale village of Limpopo Province in South Africa JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 118 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Africa is faced with an increasing burden of hypertension attributed mainly to physical inactivity and obesity. Paucity of population based evidence in the African continent hinders the implementation effective preventive and control strategies. The aim of this study was to determine the association of body weight and physical activity with blood pressure in a rural black population in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-118 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-5-118 ID - Mkhonto2012 ER -