Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: An analysis of pooled population-based studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1421-1432

  Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a   Bentham, James ^b   Zhou, Bin ^b   Peer, Nasheeta ^c   Matsha, Tandi E ^d   Bixby, Honor ^b   Di Cesare, Mariachiara ^e   Hajifathalian, Kaveh ^f   Lu, Yuan ^g   Taddei, Cristina ^b   Bovet, Pascal ^h,ay   Kyobutungi, Catherine ⁱ   Agyemang, Charles ^j   Aounallah Skhiri, Hajer ^k   Assah, Felix K ^l   Barkat, Amina ^m   Romdhane, Habiba Ben ⁿ   Chan, Queenie ^b   Chaturvedi, Nishi ^o   Damasceno, Albertino ^p   Delisle, Hélène ^q   Delpeuch, Francis ^r   Doua, Kouamelan ^s   Egbagbe, Eruke E ^t   El Ati, Jalila ^u   Elliott, Paul ^b   Engle Stone, Reina ^v   Erasmus, Rajiv T ^w   Fouad, Heba M ^x   Gareta, Dickman ^y   Gureje, Oye ^z   Hendriks, Marleen Elisabeth ^aa   Houti, Leila ^ab   Ibrahim, Mohsen M ^ac   Kemper, Han C G ^ad   Killewo, Japhet ^ae   Kowlessur, Sudhir ^af   Kruger, Herculina S ^c   Laamiri, Fatima Zahra ^ag   Laid, Youcef ^ah   Levitt, Naomi S ^ai   Lunet, Nuno ^aj   Magliano, Dianna J ^ak   Maire, Bernard ^r   Martin Prevel, Yves ^r   Mediene Benchekor, Sounnia ^ab   Mohamed, Mostafa K ^al   Mondo, Charles K ^am   Monyeki, Kotsedi Daniel ^an   Mostafa, Aya ^al   Nankap, Martin ^ao   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^ap   de Wit, Tobias F Rinke ^aq   Saidi, Olfa ⁿ   Schultsz, Constance ^aa   Schutte, Aletta E ^c   Senbanjo, Idowu O ^ar   Shaw, Jonathan E ^ak   Smeeth, Liam ^as   Sobngwi, Eugène ^l   Jérome, Charles Sossa ^at   Stronks, Karien ^j   Tanser, Frank ^y   Tchibindat, Félicité ^au   Traissac, Pierre ^r   Tshepo, Lechaba ^av   Tullu, Fikru ^aw   Ukoli, Flora A M ^ax   Viswanathan, Bharathi ^ay   Wade, Alisha N ^az   Danaei, Goodarz ^ba   Stevens, Gretchen A ^x   Riley, Leanne M ^x   Ezzati, Majid ^b   Mbanya, Jean Claude N ^l   more..

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^e MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k National Institute of Public Health   (Tunisia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^m MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^o UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^r INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^s Programme National de Lutte Contre le SIDA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^t UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^u National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology   (Tunisia)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^x WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^y UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^z UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^aa ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^ac CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^ad VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ae MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^af Ministry of Health and Quality of Life   (Mauritius)

^ag Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Technical Health Morocco   (Morocco)

^ah INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Algeria)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^ak BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^al AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^am MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^an UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^ao HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^ap KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^aq PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^ar LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^as LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^at Institut Regional de Sante Publique   (Benin)

^au UNICEF   (United States)

^av SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^aw ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^ax MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^ay MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^az UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^ba HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adiposity; Africa; Body mass index; Diabetes; Prevalence; Trends

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ACTION PLAN; BODY MASS; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; INDEX METHOD; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; COST OF ILLNESS; GLOBAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CAMEROON; EGYPT; NIGERIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85033777547     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx078     Document Type: Article

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