South Africa faces a growing health crisis that remains largely overlooked in national policy debates. While the country has made significant progress in tackling infectious diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis, another threat is expanding quietly alongside them: obesity and the wave of chronic illnesses that follow in its wake.
Around 12 million South African adults live with obesity, and the number continues to rise. More than half of adults are now overweight or obese. Among women, the burden is particularly severe, with more than two-thirds affected. According to the World Obesity Federation, these…
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Fun South African Fact: The oldest remains of modern humans were found in South Africa and are well over 160,000 years old.
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