Author name: Chronicity

The growing popularity of fried chicken and pizza in parts of Africa underscores how fast food is changing habits and expanding waistlines ACCRA, Ghana — After finishing high school a decade ago, Daniel Awaitey enrolled in computer courses, dropped out to work in a hotel, then settled into a well-paying job in the booming oil […]

Tim Smedley Public health efforts in Africa have focused on infectious diseases such as HIV, but chronic diseases are also big killers Women leave a McDonald’s fast food outlet in Pretoria, South Africa. Poor diet is one of the factors in the rise of non-communicable diseases across the continent. Photograph: Obed Zilwa/AP Few people know