Being overweight and its association with risky sexual behaviour among female youth in Ghana
The varying social representations of, and cultural preferences for, body size and their implications for sexual behaviour and risk are necessarily contextual. However, the representational paucity of this literature across developing countries is unfortunate, considering the graver implications of risky sexual behaviour. Thus, we examined the relationship between body size and risky sexual behaviour among sexually active women in a sub-Saharan African country, Ghana.