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Economic development in sub-Saharan Africa is linked to increasing obesity rates in women

By Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor, Associate Professor of Agri-Food Trade and Policy, University of Guelph
Edward Martey, Senior Research Scientist, Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Justice Moses K. Aheto, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Ghana

Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a continent just grappling with hunger and starvation — it is now also dealing with obesity and overweight.

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