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Obesity and cardio-metabolic risk factors in urban adults of Benin: Relationship with socio-economic status, urbanisation, and lifestyle patterns

Roger Sodjinou, Victoire Agueh, Benjamin Fayomi and Hélène Delisle*

BMC Public Health 2008, 8:84 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-84

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Partnership research on nutrition transition and chronic diseases in West Africa – trends, outcomes and impacts

Hélène Delisle, Victoire Agueh, Benjamin Fayomi BMC International Health and Human Rights 2011, 11(Suppl 2):S10 (8 November 2011)

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Deterioration of traditional dietary custom increases the risk of lifestyle-related diseases in young male Africans

Atsumi Hamada, Mari Mori, Hideki Mori, Alfa Muhihi, Marina Njelekela, Zablon Masesa, Jacob Mtabaji, Yukio Yamori Journal of Biomedical Science 2010, 17(Suppl 1):S34 (24 August 2010)

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Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: A problem of the rich or the poor?

Abdhalah K Ziraba, Jean C Fotso, Rhoune Ochako BMC Public Health 2009, 9:465 (15 December 2009)

The increasing trend of overweight and obesity among urban African women, which has risen by 35% during the nineties and particularly affects women of low socioeconomic or educational status, highlights a need for preventive interventions in this setting.