… overweight and obese women and more underweight men, with the exception of the rural …
in risk factors for T2DM, hypertension, and obesity among Ghanaian adults. This review aims …

… , obesity has also been identified as a prevalent risk factor for the disease among adult
Ghanaians in the Ashanti Region. This could be as a result of the prevalent rate of obesity in the …

… determine the burden of overweight/obesity among an adolescent population and to quantify
the inherent cardio-metabolic risks. The prevalence of overweight/obesity in our study was …

… The well-known risk factor for Type II Diabetes is obesity [9,10]… were urban dwellers as against
that of the rural participants [25-… of overweight and obesity is higher among urban dwellers …

… . Obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors in urban adults of Benin: relationship with socio-economic
status, urbanisation, and lifestyle patterns. BMC Public Health 2008;8:84.doi:…

… prevalence and risk factors of obesity among undergraduate students using multiple adiposity
indices in a Byersian framework. In general the prevalence of being overweight/obese in …

… cardio-metabolic risk. Increased body fat is a prominent … The study was conducted in
two communities in the Ashanti … of obesity by BMI among urban compared to rural dwellers …

… study, and there are numerous risk factors associated with it, including overweight and …
has 87.4% of its population in urban areas followed by the Ashanti region which is also the core …

… among T2DM patients in a tertiary hospital in the Ashanti region of Ghana. A comparative
cross-sectional … risk factors as compared to the other obesity indices as observed in this study. …

… rural areas, yet like other studies on obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors, WC and WHR
were higher in urban areas [… the findings in relation to cardio-metabolic risk. Lastly, we did not …