Public mobilisation is needed to enact obesity-prevention policies and to mitigate reaction
against their implementation. However, approaches in public health focus mainly on …

Background Prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity has increased considerably in
recent years. The transition to higher rates of overweight/obesity has been well documented …

South Africa (SA) is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition and has the highest
prevalence of obesity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with black women being the most …

This study aims to examine the associations between BMI, disordered eating attitude, body
dissatisfaction in female adolescents, and descriptive attributes assigned to silhouettes of …

The persistence of food insecurity, malnutrition, increasing adiposity, and decreasing
physical activity, heightens the need to understand relationships between body image …

Background A correct perception of the body image, as defined by comparison with actual
anthropometric analyses, is crucial to ensure the best possible nutritional status of each …

Nutritional disorders are now spreading worldwide both in developed and developing
countries. Body image ideals and dissatisfaction have been linked to a number of poor …

Objective: To synthesise evidence on body size preferences for females living in Africa and
the factors influencing these. Design: Mixed-methods systematic review including searches …

Compared to global estimates, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest projected rates of
increase in type 2 diabetes (T2D) over the next 25 years. This is attributed to the ageing …

Abstract Background South African studies have suggested that differences in obesity
prevalence between groups may be partly related to differences in body image and body …