SA’s obesity epidemic shows no sign of slowing and is likely to affect almost half the country’s women and almost a quarter of its men by 2025, putting strain on an already stretched health budget, according to a new report from the World Obesity Federation.
It means SA will miss the World Health Organisation target of holding obesity rates steady at 2010 levels, and face deepening associated health-care costs...
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