A recent study says the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic. The study is published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. A team of researchers from the African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya employed data from seven African countries to investigate changes in body mass index (BMI) between early 1990s and early 2000s. Abdhalah Ziraba worked with the team and said in the media release, 'Despite being the least urbanised continent, Africa's population is becoming increasingly urban and its cities are growing at unprecedented rates. In spite of rampant poverty in urban areas, access to cheap foods with a high content of fat and sugar is commonplace.'
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机译：最近的一项研究表明，撒哈拉以南非洲的城市贫困人口是肥胖病流行的最新受害者。该研究发表在开放存取期刊《 BMC Public Health》上。来自肯尼亚内罗毕的非洲人口与健康研究中心的一组研究人员使用了七个非洲国家的数据来调查1990年代初至2000年代初之间的体重指数（BMI）变化。阿卜杜拉·齐拉巴（Abdhalah Ziraba）与该团队合作，并在媒体发布会上说：“尽管非洲是城市化程度最低的大陆，但非洲人口正变得越来越城市化，其城市正以空前的速度增长。尽管城市地区贫困状况十分普遍，但获得脂肪和糖含量高的廉价食品还是司空见惯。
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