Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Mozambique in 2005 and 2015.

CONCLUSIONS: In Mozambique, there was a steep increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults between 2005 and 2014/2015. Overweight and obesity are more prevalent in urban areas and among women, already affecting one in five urban women aged 18-24 years. PMID: 31453793 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31453793?dopt=Abstract

Source: Public Health Nutrition - August 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fontes F, Damasceno A, Jessen N, Prista A, Silva-Matos C, Padrão P, Lunet N Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research