Overweight and obesity in non-pregnant women of childbearing age in South Africa: subgroup regression analyses of survey data from 1998 to 2017.

BMC Public Health · 2022 · PMC8874296 · PMID 35216565

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Recent studies have shown an increasing trend in overweight and obesity among WCBA in sub-Saharan Africa [ 27 , 29 – 33 ] and Bangladesh [ 34 ].

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