1. Regional Variations in Overweight/Obesity in Nigeria: Whither Cosmopolitan-success and Conservative-failure hypothesis? • Tunde Alabi, University of Cape Town; Oluwaseun Badru, Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto State.

2. An Assessment of Anthropometric Indices and Its Association with NCDs among the Older Adults of India: Evidence from LASI Wave-1 • Mahadev Bramhankar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Mohit Pandey, international Institute for Population Sciences; Gursimran Rana; Balram Rai, IIPS, Mumbai; Nand Mishra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Anandi Shukla, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

3. Contributors of anaemia among women in Greater Bengal: A comparative study of West Bengal of India and Bangladesh • Arup Jana, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Aparajita Chattopadhyay, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS); Unnati Saha, Erasmus MC.

4. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its associated risk factors among older adults in India: evidence from LASI Wave 1 • Jhumki kundu, Interernational Institute For Population Sciences,Mumbai; K. S. James, International Institute for Population Sciences; MRINMOY BHARADWAZ.