A population-based survey in 1996 and 1997 of 770 adults (aged⩾ 15 years) from an urban
district of Dar es Salaam and 928 from a village in rural Kilimanjaro district (Tanzania) …

OBJECTIVE: To review the prevalence of diabetes, obesity and physical inactivity among
Ghanaians and Nigerians in Africa, Europe and North America. METHODS: This systematic …

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the severity of type 2 diabetes in urban and rural communities of
Uganda and characterized this disease according to sex, obesity, and hypertension …

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in 3,145 Tanzanian Africans living in three different
areas of the country was studied. Fasting capillary blood glucose concentrations were …

The prevalence of diabetes in African communities is increasing with ageing of the
population and lifestyle changes associated with rapid urbanisation and westernisation …

Objectives To assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of diabetes and to
examine the relationship of obesity with raised blood glucose in the slums of N airobi, K …

Developing countries are undergoing an epidemiological transition, from Communicable or
Infectious to'Non-Communicable'diseases (NCDs), such that cardiovascular disease …

Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality both in developing and developed
countries. The incidence is rising rapidly with sub-Saharan Africa experiencing the largest …

Objective The epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes is evident in sub‐Saharan Africa
(SSA). However, their associations have hardly been examined in this region. Methods A …

OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of diabetes,
impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting glycemia (IFG), and associated risk …