Rapidly increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in older Ghanaian adults from 2007-2015: Evidence from WHO-SAGE Waves 1 #_#x0026; 2

1 Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2 Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 3 The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia, 4 Department of Nutrition, T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America, 5 Department of Community Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, 6 National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, Padova, Italy, 7 World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, 8 University of Newcastle Research Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 9 Centre for Health Policy, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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