Commentary on South Africa’s syndemic of undernutrition, obesity, and climate change

Agnes Erzse; Adam Balusik; Petronell Kruger; Evelyn Thsehla; Boyd Swinburn; Karen Hofman

doi:10.17159/sajs.2023/14776

Commentary on South Africa’s syndemic of undernutrition, obesity, and climate change

Authors

Agnes Erzse SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9303-9323
Adam Balusik SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3190-5032
Petronell Kruger SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-2847
Evelyn Thsehla SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4098-5804
Boyd Swinburn Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2131-045X
Karen Hofman SAMRC/Wits Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS SA, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-7220

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/14776

Keywords:

syndemic, food environment, climate change, nutrition

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Published

2023-03-29

Issue

Vol. 119 No. 3/4 (2023)

Section

Invited Commentary

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Erzse, A., Balusik, A., Kruger, P., Thsehla, E., Swinburn, B., & Hofman, K. (2023). Commentary on South Africa’s syndemic of undernutrition, obesity, and climate change. South African Journal of Science, 119(3/4). https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/14776