Background Overweight and obesity are among the leading threats to global health because
of their association with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Much of the research on …

Summary Countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing rising burdens of
overweight/obesity and associated non‐communicable diseases. As in other developing …

Background Existing evidence suggests that there has been a surge of overweight and
obesity in low-and middle-income countries around the world. In this study we investigated …

Overweight/obesity prevalence is on the increase in epidemic proportions across Low-and
Middle-Income countries (LMICs). The public health burden associated with …

Objective To examine the prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity among non-
pregnant urban women in Africa over the past two and a half decades. Design Cross …

Background Overweight and obesity are among the leading causes of mortality globally, and
although previously they were mostly prevalent in developed countries, recent scanty …

Overweight and obesity increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus,
hypertension, stroke, and some type of cancers, and maternal health globally. In Cambodia …

Background: The shift in disease patterns has been connected with increased body weight
burden, becoming a major public health concern in South Africa, as previous studies have …

ObjectiveTo examine the sociodemographic correlates of obesity among Ghanaian women.
DesignThe 2003 and 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data sets were used to …

Over the last three decades, obesity has become a major public health problem globally. Its
prevalence has more than doubled since 1980. 1 In 2008, the World Health Organization …