Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries

• Main Authors: Tolu Oni (Author), Lisa K. Micklesfield (Author), Pamela Wadende (Author), Charles O. Obonyo (Author), James Woodcock (Author), Ebele R. I. Mogo (Author), Feyisayo A. Odunitan-Wayas (Author), Felix Assah (Author), Lambed Tatah (Author), Louise Foley (Author), Clarisse Mapa-Tassou (Author), Divya Bhagtani (Author), Amy Weimann (Author), Camille Mba (Author), Nigel Unwin (Author), Anna Brugulat-Panés (Author), Karen J. Hofman (Author), Joanne Smith (Author), Marshall Tulloch-Reid (Author), Agnes Erzse (Author), Maylene Shung-King (Author), Estelle V. Lambert (Author), Nicholas J. Wareham (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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At the time of writing, it is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic will play out in rapidly urbanising regions of the world. In these regions, the realities of large overcrowded informal settlements, a high burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases, as well as malnutrition and precarity of liv...