Unlike in most regions, where the obesity gender gap is "much smaller, or reversed", women in Africa are almost twice as likely to be overweight or obese as men. The latest data from the World ...

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In South Africa, obesity related illnesses are the number one cause of death – HIV the fourth. Think South Africa, think HIV – but somewhere in the past decade that has changed. Obesity ...

The Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN) South Africa has this month launched its 'Nourish to Thrive: Overcoming Obesity Together’ campaign. The initiative, running throughout this month ...

South Africa has the highest obesity rate in sub-Saharan Africa, with 70% of women and 40% of men over age of 35 classified as overweight. Jennings points out that obesity significantly increases the ...

The African National Congress party has lost its majority in South Africa’ parliament for the first time since the collapse of apartheid thirty years ago. The former Paralympian and Olympic ...

The Nigerian woman helping Bordeaux wine find new markets in Africa. Confronting France's fatphobia by classifying obesity as a disease. And the story of the French video game company behind the ...