Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: A problem of the rich or the poor?
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- 15 December 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 9 (1), 465
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-465
Abstract
Obesity is a well recognized risk factor for various chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to shed light on the patterns of overweight and obesity in sub-Saharan Africa, with special interest in differences between the urban poor and the urban non-poor. The specific goals were to describe trends in overweight and obesity among urban women; and examine how these trends vary by education and household wealth.Keywords
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