The HSRC’s Prof Thokozani Simelane recently spoke to Newzroom Afrika’s Vuyo Mvoko on the results of the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey, which found that 69% of obese adults live in food-insecure households in South Africa, where families have few dietary choices and are forced to eat food with little nutritional value.

Watch the interview:

Though the data for this study has not been curated yet, data sets for past studies on nutrition can be accessed here.

Prof Thokozani Simelane is a Chief Research Specialist in the Africa Institute of South Africa unit within the HSRC.