Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Obesity Epidemic Taking Root In Africa

“Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health claim that overweight and obesity are on the increase among this group. Abdhalah Ziraba worked with a team of researchers from the African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, who used data from seven African countries to investigate changes in body mass index (BMI) between early 1990s and early 2000s. He said, ‘Despite being the least urbanized continent, Africa's population is becoming increasingly urban and its cities are growing at unprecedented rates. In spite of rampant poverty in urban areas, access to cheap foods with a high content of fat and sugar is commonplace.’...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/174087.php

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Africa's urban areas are suffering from a very bad obesity rise and it is growing as a serious problem there. The African government must take some steps to control this.
Thanks for the information shared here.