There is a surge in chronic diseases in the developing world, driven by a high prevalence of
cardio-metabolic risk factors. This study described differences in prevalence of obesity and …

Background: Obesity and associated cardiometabolic diseases are increasing in urban sub-
Saharan Africa due to a complex epidemiological and nutritional transition. Related data on …

Aim: With increasing urbanization of lifestyle, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality have
been on the increase in Africans. Studies on cardiovascular risk factors in rural communities …

Background There is an increase of obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors worldwide,
but especially in developing countries where multifaceted transitions are occurring. There is …

Dyslipidaemia is a primary risk factor for cardiometabolic disease, causing over 17 million
deaths globally in 2015. However, the burden of dyslipidaemia and factors associated with …

Populations in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting from rural to increasingly urban. Although the
burden of cardiovascular disease is expected to increase with this changing landscape, few …

AIM: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between anthropometric
characteristics and cardiometabolic risk factors in urban-dwelling adults in Senegal to …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of obesity in Ghanaian adults. Design: 6300 adults,
aged 25 years and older, were selected by random cluster sampling using electoral …

Background and objectives Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in
developed and emerging economies. There is a paucity of data from Nigeria on the …

Background: It has been hypothesised that rural sub-Saharan Africa is at an early stage of
epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases (NCD) …