Malnutrition, which includes both obesity and undernutrition, is the leading cause of poor health around the world, and the culprits for the costly obesity epidemic aren’t individual couch potatoes. Instead, governments have failed to curb ‘big food’ placing everybody’s health at stake, according to a major report.
South Africans are getting fatter every year. Is it because we lack self-control or is it because big food companies are ruthlessly targeting this country? Kerry Cullinan, Amy Green and Pontsho Pilane report.
The pandemic of obesity in South Africa is a result of our ‘Americanised’ food environment
and the responsibility should be shifted from individuals to government policies, according
to experts.
Cape Town is South Africa’s healthiest city with the highest number of healthy-weight people who buy the most vegetables and fruit.
WORLD OBESITY DAY: A desperate surgeon appeals for help as diabetic patients overwhelm his wards.
This World Obesity Day experts warn of an emerging epidemic among our nation’s children. But why is it that girls, especially those living in urban areas, have obesity rates that double their age group’s average?
High rates of overweight exist alongside malnutrition and experts predict an ailing future for the nation's children if urgent action is not taken.
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