# Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans – Is the burden in today’s Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/obesity-and-type-2-diabetes-in-sub-saharan-africans-is-the-burden-in-today-s/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Charles Agyemang,Karlijn Meeks,Erik Beune,Ellis Owusu‐Dabo,Frank P. Mockenhaupt,Juliet Addo,Ama de Graft Aikins,Silver Bahendeka,Ina Danquah,Matthias B. Schulze,Joachim Spranger,Tom Burr,Peter Agyei‐Baffour,Stephen Amoah,Cecilia Galbete,Peter Henneman,Kerstin Klipstein‐Grobusch,Mary Nicolaou,Adebowale Adeyemo,Jan van Straalen,Liam Smeeth,Karien Stronks |
| Citations | 209 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-016-0709-0 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | gold |
| OA URL | https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12916-016-0709-0 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2539382938 |
| PMID | 27769239 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2016 |

## Paper authors

- [Peter Agyei‐Baffour](https://scholariq.org/researchers/peter-agyei-baffour/)

## Paper journal

- [BMC Medicine](https://scholariq.org/journals/bmc-medicine/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins](https://scholariq.org/topics/diabetes-cardiovascular-risks-and-lipoproteins/)

## Paper topics

- [Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins](https://scholariq.org/topics/diabetes-cardiovascular-risks-and-lipoproteins/)
- [Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet](https://scholariq.org/topics/obesity-physical-activity-diet/)
- [Dietary Effects on Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/dietary-effects-on-health/)

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