Abstract Background The 2016 Dar Es Salaam Call to Action on Diabetes and Other non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) advocates national multi-sectoral NCD strategies and …

Evidence continues to accumulate on the rising burden of diabetes mellitus at a higher pace
in Africa. In a series of two papers, we sought to summarise recent evidence on diabetes …

Summary Background Sub-Saharan Africa is in rapid demographic transition, and non-
communicable diseases are increasingly important causes of morbidity and mortality. We …

There is a mounting body of evidence regarding the challenge posed by diabetes and
obesity on the health systems of many Sub-Sahara African countries. This trend has been …

Objective To examine the prevalence of and the association of psychosocial risk factors with
diabetes in 25–74-year-old black Africans in Cape Town in 2008/09 and to compare the …

Background Obesity prevalence is increasing globally and contributes substantially to the
burgeoning burden of non-communicable diseases. South Africa is particularly affected by …

Background The occurrence of diabetes has greatly increased in low-and middle-income
countries, particularly in Asia, as has the prevalence of overweight and obesity; in European …

Background Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats
to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and …

The objective of this study was to determine the distribution of and trends in obesity in adult
West African populations. Between February and March 2007, a comprehensive literature …

Background Overweight and obesity prevalence are commonly used for public and policy
communication of the extent of the obesity epidemic, yet comparable estimates of trends in …