African consumers have purchased increasing amounts of processed food over the past 50
years. The opportunity cost of time of women and men has increased as more of them work …

South Africa (SA) is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition and has the highest
prevalence of obesity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with black women being the most …

Background Preterm birth (PTB), small for gestational age (SGA), and low birth weight (LBW)
are risk factors for morbidity and mortality among infants. High-quality maternal diets during …

Background: Long-term trends mask critical recent dynamics in the prevalence of under-and
overweight. Objective: The objective of this study was to compare annualized prevalence …

Some forms of malnutrition are partly due to agriculture not having nutrient outputs as an
explicit goal. A better understanding of what is required from agricultural production and …

There is epidemiological evidence for associations between dietary patterns and type 2
diabetes. However, for sub-Saharan Africa, information on dietary patterns and their …

Unhealthy dietary habit is a major contributor to the burden of non-communicable diseases
such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and hypertension, especially the increased …

The objective of this systematic review (SR) with meta-analysis (MA) was to identify the
dietary patterns of the population, regarding ethnicity and gender, and their association with …

ObjectiveTo identify predominant dietary patterns in four African populations and examine
their association with obesity. DesignCross-sectional study. Setting/SubjectsWe used data …

All three types of malnutrition-underweight, overweight and micronutrient deficiency-are
experienced in countries undergoing a nutrition transition, and they can occur in parallel in …