Research Square

Prevalence, regional variation, and temporal trends in Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet adherence in Africa: a weighted analysis of WHO STEPS surveys, 2003–2023

By Serah Kantumoya, Cosmas M. Zyambo, Wingston Felix Ng’ambi

Preprint: cross-sectional study of 216,271 peoplePopulations

The paper

Serah Kantumoya, Cosmas M. Zyambo, Wingston Felix Ng’ambi

University of Zambia

Research Square, 31 Aug 2026, Preprint, not peer-reviewed

doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-10613470/v1

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