Chapter 3 Additional World Health Assembly nutrition indicators
Key messages- The prevalence of adult obesity in Africa in 2016 was very similar to the global estimate, relatively low in all subregions except for Northern Africa and Southern Africa, where the prevalence was about twice the global estimate.
- The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in Africa was very similar to the global estimate in 2021, and it is specifically high in Eastern Africa with considerable progress made in Central Africa and Western Africa since 2012.
- Despite a modest progress in Africa in the reduction of the prevalence of low birthweight during the last two decades, the prevalence was still high on the continent in 2020 compared to the global estimate.
