High BMI: an important health risk factor among older adults in Ghana.
CONCLUSION: Prevalence of obesity and overweight in Ghana is high and increasing, which poses a health risk at the individual and population levels. Inter-sectorial and multidisciplinary measures in line with the national non-communicable disease policies aimed at curbing this trend are imperative.
PMID: 33054895 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Public Health Nutrition - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yorke E, Tetteh J, Boima V, Yawson AE Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research
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