30 September 2025 - 04:30 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. TIGHT SPOT Ultraprocessed foods and poverty make obesity, especially among children, worse. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes are a worldwide health problem. While diabetes is the top killer among South African women, obesity is also a dangerous disease. One in four South Africans are obese.
