H. Salome Kruger

TL;DR: Obesity prevention and treatment should be based on education, behaviour change, political support, intersectoral collaboration and community participation, local actions, wide inclusion of the population, adequately resourced programmes, infiltration of existing initiatives, evidence-based planning, and proper monitoring and evaluation.

TL;DR: Women with higher incomes and lower physical activity were at the greatest risk of increased BMI, and physical inactivity showed the strongest association with measures of obesity in this study.

TL;DR: The surge in hypertension in Africa is largely explained by modifiable risk factors, and public health strategies should focus aggressively on lifestyle to prevent a catastrophic burden on the national health system.

TL;DR: This cohort showed dramatic increases in added sugars and sucrose-sweetened beverage consumption in both urban and rural areas, and increased consumption was associated with increased NCD risk factors.

TL;DR: Most of these rural women were unconcerned about their weight and most overweight and obese women did not want to lose weight, so a special attempt should be made to target such programs to rural woman.