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Table 2 Evolving Discourses—Urban Housewife as a Proposed, but hotly debated, Reason for Rising Obesity

From: Similar, yet different! Comparing Ugandan secondary cities’ food system and nutritional transformations to findings from African primary cities

Margaret

But here, you are fine. You are at home. You have a maid. The man goes out, he bring everything. You are at home, you just eat and sleep [participants are chuckling]

Amaka

Eh! How many women do we have….of that kind?! [more laughter]

  1. Source: (Mackay 2019a, Table 3, p14)