The data collected for South Africa’s 2022 census should be used with caution.
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Inequalities in the nutritional status of poor and rich have been mitigated through various social protection policies, but children in South Africa remain at risk of malnutrition.
In-school nutrition programmes can reduce the chances of children suffering from childhood obesity.
A review of South Africa’s methodology to measure poverty shows that 60% of people in the country are poor. This is way higher than the figures that are usually quoted.
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PhD candidate in Economics, UMass Amherst
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DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, University of Johannesburg
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Dean, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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UCT Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Scholar; Director of ARUA's African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research within SALDRU., University of Cape Town
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Director DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus, University of Cape Town