Cost of diabetes care in Africa could triple by 2030
The costs and complications of diabetes could overwhelm healthcare systems in sub-Saharan Africa and reach…
Browsing: Obese Africa
Study identifies African-specific genomic variant associated with obesity
An international team of researchers has conducted the first study of its kind to look…
Physical inactivity is hurting health of people in countries like Kenya
Getting physically active is important no matter where you live: obesity and physical inactivity are…
More Africans at risk of chronic illness: WHO
City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that…
The World Health Organization wants sugar taxes
The UN health agency recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of…
10 million African children obese or overweight
Obesity is on the rise in a rapidly urbanising Africa. A new report from the World…