Agyapong, Nana Ama FrimpomaaAnnan, Reginald AdjeteySwart, Elizabeth Catherina2020-11-112020-11-112020Agyapong, N. A.F. et al. (2020). The association between dietary consumption, anthropometric measures and body composition of rural and urban Ghanaian adults: A comparative cross-sectional study. BMC Nutrition, 6(1),212055-0928http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5424Overweight and obesity have become threats to public health in all regions across the globe including sub-Saharan Africa where prevalence used to be low. Policies to regulate the food environment and promote healthy food consumption look promising to reducing the prevalence of obesity but in Ghana there is not enough data to elicit a policy response. This study assessed the association between dietary consumption, anthropometric measures, body composition and physical activity among rural and urban Ghanaian adults.enOverweightObesityBody compositionWaist circumferenceVisceral fatArticle