Open AccessEstimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012
Author(s) -
Debbie Bradshaw,
J D Joubert,
N Abdelatief,
Annibale Cois,
E B Turawa,
O F Awotiwon,
Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney,
I Neethling,
Rosana Pacella,
V Pillay van-Wyk
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2022.v112i8b.16488
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , confidence interval , demography , population , obesity , disease burden , gerontology , environmental health , sociology
A high body mass index (BMI) is associated with several cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, cancers, and other selected health conditions.
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