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Table 1 Adult obesity in subregions of Africa, 2012 and 2016

From: Are sub-Saharan African national food and agriculture policies nutrition-sensitive? A case study of Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and South Africa

 

Adult obesity (%)

 

2012

2016

World

11.8

13.1

Africa

11.5

12.8

Northern Africa

23.0

25.2

Sub-Saharan Africa

8.0

9.2

Eastern Africa

5.3

6.4

Middle Africa

6.7

7.9

Southern Africa

25.0

27.1

Western Africa

7.4

8.90

  1. Data from FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO (2020)
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