Epidemiology of Obesity - Africa

Africa

See also: Obesity in the Middle East and North Africa

Obesity rates in Western Africa are estimated to be 10%. Rates of obesity among women are three times those found in men. In urban West Africa rates of obesity have more than doubled in the last 15 years.

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