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COVID-19 food security
(José Frantz, 2021)
It’s not as if South Africa started 2020 on the right foot. The latest
available numbers suggest that about 11% of the country’s population
(or around 6.5-million people) suffer from hunger every year.
We should not ...
Socio-cultural, environmental and behavioural determinants of obesity in black South African women
(Clinics Cardive Publishing (Pty) Ltd, 2013)
South Africa (SA) is undergoing a rapid epidemiological
transition and has the highest prevalence of obesity in sub-
Saharan Africa (SSA), with black women being the most
affected (obesity prevalence 31.8%). Although ...
Social grants, remittances, and food security: Does the source of income matter?
(Spinger, 2019)
Large numbers of South Africans receive social grants (public transfers) or remittances (private transfers), and yet one in four
South Africans is food insecure. The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: do ...
Increasing resilience to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and other health threats in food-insecure communities
(MedPharm Publications, 2021)
The health of the majority of South Africa’s population is seriously threatened by hunger and micronutrient deficiency, with
impaired immune response a real threat, which the current SARSCoV-2 virus pandemic has highlighted. ...
South Africa’s health promotion Levy on pricing and acquisition of beverages in small stores and supermarkets
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)
In response to concern over rising sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB)
consumption, in April 2018, South Africa became the first Sub-Saharan African
(SSA) country to implement an SSB tax. We assess changes in pricing and ...
Lockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, on food
security and child health is especially concerning. A rapid, Short Message Service (SMS) Maternal
and Child Health survey was conducted ...
Dietary diversity and its association with nutritional status, cardiometabolic risk factors and food choices of adults at risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in Cape Town, South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
In South Africa, the nutrition transition has led to unhealthy diets lacking variety, contributing
to the rise in overweight, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Using baseline
screening data of the South ...
Perceived effect of warning label on parental food purchasing and drivers of food selection among South African parents–An exploratory study
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Household food purchasing decision is a complex process influenced by
factors such as marketing, cost, children food preference and parental
choices. Most food products targeted toward children are unhealthy and ...
Digital storytelling for policy impact: Perspectives from co-producing knowledge for food system governance in South Africa
(Bristol University Press, 2022)
Post-positivist critics of the linear-rational understanding of the role of knowledge
in decision making have long argued the need for the construction of socially robust knowledge to
illuminate policy problems from a ...
Meals on wheels: Promoting food and nutrition security among older persons in Cape Town, South Africa
(MDPI, 2023)
Food insecurity (FI) prevails in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, in South Africa, although many
people, including the elderly, are vulnerable to FI, little is known about the experiences of older
persons (OPs) with FI and the ...