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News Stories Related To: Away from the famines, Africa confronts a new killer: obesity

Source: The Independent

Copenhagen : Denmark | 10 months ago

Suggested Topics In the public mind, sub-Saharan Africa is a region plagued by war, famine and disease...It is not a problem widely associated with a continent where millions live...

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Africa: Obesity in African Women Increase Risk of Newborn Death

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The Lancet, the study is the first to shed light on the role of maternal obesity in neonatal death (during the first 28 days of life) in developing countries, where rates of obesity are projected to increase at an alarming rate during the next two...

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