Derrick Z. Jackson
A third of women in urban Kampala, Uganda, and a quarter of the women in more rural central and southwestern Uganda are overweight or obese, according to 2007 government statistics. It is a major paradox since 50 percent of children in southwestern Uganda are malnourished. (Full article: 684 words)
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