TY - CHAP AU - Kudzaishe Mangombe AU - Naomi Wekwete AU - Amos Milanzi AU - Ronald Musizvingoza AU - Charles Lwanga ED - Kotsedi Daniel Monyeki ED - Han C.G. Kemper Y1 - 2021-03-19 PY - 2021 T1 - Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Women Aged 15-49 Years in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the 2005/6, 2010/11 and 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey N2 - Lifestyle and Epidemiology - The Double Burden of Poverty and Cardiovascular Diseases in African Populations examines the profile of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the rural South African population. The burden of diseases in South Africa is characterized by a combination of poverty-related diseases with emerging NCDs associated with urbanization, industrialization, and a Westernised lifestyle. Chapters in this book examine the effects of poverty, COVID-19, and other social factors on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, reproductive health, and diabetes in rural South Africa. BT - Lifestyle and Epidemiology SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95909 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.95909 SN - 978-1-83962-737-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -