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Over Half of South African Adults Are Overweight and Here’s What It Means

Over Half of South African Adults Are Overweight and Here’s What It Means

by Art Mukhari | Mar 20, 2026 | Health

South Africa has a weight problem. Not the kind you fix with a January gym contract or cutting carbs for a few weeks. The kind that is quietly reshaping the country’s health system, economy and workforce. More than half of adults are overweight or living with obesity....
Here’s Why Children Today Are More Obese Than 20 Years Ago

Here’s Why Children Today Are More Obese Than 20 Years Ago

by Mens Health | Jul 3, 2018 | Health

Childhood obesity is a serious problem around the globe. A recorded 22 million children under the age of five are  overweight. It is estimated that one in five South African children are either overweight or obese, with 20% under the age of six. The National Household...

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