Obesity Kuznets Curve conjecture assessment in African economies: conditioning effects of urbanization, food, and trade using gender-based regional analysis
Our analysis leads to specific policy recommendations, including the development of robust, regionally tailored health policies aimed at preventing obesity across Africa. These include promoting healthy diets through subsidies on nutritious foods, regulating trade polices to limit unhealthy food imports and integrating urban planning to encourage active lifestyles. Considering the rapid economic expansion, urbanization, trade liberalization and food production in many African nation, these strategies ought to address regional and gender-specific dynamics while aligning with global development goals such as SDG 3 (good health and well-being) and SDG2 (zero hunger), to effectively mitigate the rising prevalence of obesity.
Authors
- Samuel Atingabili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0276-6192)
- Emma Serwaa Obobisa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8285-9315)
- Isaac Adjei Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-7534)
- Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1655-1515)
- Mu Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7110-4830)
- Wenxin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7274-1970)
- Clement Yenube Kunkuaboor
- Emmanuel Nouwati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-572X)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- World Trade Organization (CH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Globalization and Health
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01121-8
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Care Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.45
Funders
- Shantou University
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China