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Hypertension and nutritional deficiency are linked as co-occurring metabolic health challenges in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa [1] and are both influenced by dietary patterns and urbanization [2]. Furthermore, they are categorized together as significant health outcomes related to nutritional status, with over-nutrition contributing to hypertension and under-nutrition defining nutritional deficiency [3].
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Analysis of study Global Burden of Disease in 2021 - Frontiers frontiersin.org 2 facts
claimThe central area of Sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest burden of worldwide nutritional deficiencies (NDs) prevalence, potentially due to genetic predisposition, higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes, inadequate access to health care, and lack of understanding of stroke risk factors.
claimThe combination of high-salt, high-fat diets and rapid urbanization in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in an increase in metabolic disorders such as hypertension and diabetes.
Modern Diet and its Impact on Human Health - Longdom Publishing longdom.org 1 fact
claimUnder-nutrition causes nutritional deficiency, while over-nutrition leads to obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and cancer.