Depression’s double-edged impact on body mass index. A hidden catalyst for non-communicable diseases in South Africa’s aging population in long-term care facilities

• Shane Naidoo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shane Naidoo, Nirmala Naidoo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ndxsha092@myuct.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3876-6031

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• Nirmala Naidoo

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shane Naidoo, Nirmala Naidoo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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