How does birth weight affect adult obesity in a low resource context?
South Africa is experiencing rapid increases in weight gain across the entirety of its population. Obesity is rising in both males and females, across all ages and socioeconomic groups. Like many other low-middle-income countries, it is experiencing a double burden of malnutrition alongside these high obesity rates. Malnutrition is present in one quarter of children under the age of three,...Read MoreWhat is driving rates of obesity in Chinese boys?
Over recent decades, alongside economic development, China has undergone a rapid nutrition transition that has resulted in a dramatic acceleration of obesity. Unlike other countries across the world, like the USA and UK, where childhood obesity rates have stabilised, the prevalence in China continues to worsen. This crisis in China is also unique in terms of how it presents between genders....Read Moreby Nigel HinchliffeFebruary 12, 2019 Obesity and Population Health, Obesogenic Environment0 comments