Online Health Communities' Portrayal of Obesity on Social Media Platforms in South Africa.

The rapidly increasing prevalence of obesity in South Africa, intertwined with extensive changes in diet, life expectancy, and nutritional status has led to a complex framing of obesity on social media. This has prompted the prioritization of media-based social and behavior change communication interventions leveraging social media for obesity prevention. This study was conducted to understand how obesity is constructed and represented on social media in South Africa.

Stakeholder arguments during the adoption of a sugar sweetened beverage tax in South Africa and their influence: a content analysis.

Background: Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes are recognised as an effective intervention to prevent obesity. More countries are adopting SSB taxes, but the process of the adoption is politically complex.

Objective: This study aimed to analyse how public participation processes influenced the South African tax.