Barriers and facilitators of weight management: Perspectives of the urban poor in Accra, Ghana.

PLoS One · 2022 · PMC9359579 · PMID 35939441

Europe PMC DOI

hedged sentences

—

closest p

—

boldest claim

The sentences

highly significantno p-value reported

Abstract Background Obesity is rising in sub-Saharan Africa and globally, and is a highly significant public health problem that needs urgent attention.

also in 132,142 other papers

an increasing trendno p-value reported

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly in urban settings, has also observed an increasing trend [ 1 – 3 ], and some studies have indicated that obesity among adults is increasing in Ghana [ 4 , 5 ].

also in 63,971 other papers

Quoted from the open-access full text in Europe PMC under the licence the publisher applied. The sentence is reproduced exactly as published; the emphasis is ours.