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Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity has risen to over 650 million adults in 2016, and accounts for 41 million deaths globally. It is a major contributor to the burden of noncommunicable diseases. We determined the prevalence and associated factors of obesity to inform policy decisions toward devel...

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Autores principales: Osunkwo, Damaris Amarachukwu, Nguku, Patrick M., Mohammed, Amina, Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David, Kamateeka, Moreen, Ibrahim, Mohammed, Kefas, Ibrahim Bekshak, Abolade, Oladimeji S., Nwokeukwu, Hulda Ijeoma, Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8102896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33727505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_36_19
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author Osunkwo, Damaris Amarachukwu
Nguku, Patrick M.
Mohammed, Amina
Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David
Kamateeka, Moreen
Ibrahim, Mohammed
Kefas, Ibrahim Bekshak
Abolade, Oladimeji S.
Nwokeukwu, Hulda Ijeoma
Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim
author_facet Osunkwo, Damaris Amarachukwu
Nguku, Patrick M.
Mohammed, Amina
Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David
Kamateeka, Moreen
Ibrahim, Mohammed
Kefas, Ibrahim Bekshak
Abolade, Oladimeji S.
Nwokeukwu, Hulda Ijeoma
Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim
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description BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity has risen to over 650 million adults in 2016, and accounts for 41 million deaths globally. It is a major contributor to the burden of noncommunicable diseases. We determined the prevalence and associated factors of obesity to inform policy decisions toward developing robust prevention and management strategies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in July 2017 among 1265 adults in urban and rural communities in Benue State. We used multistage sampling technique in selecting the participants. The WHO standardized and validated tool were used to collect information on sociodemographic and anthropometric measurements. We calculated age standardized prevalence of obesity and determined factors associated with obesity using logistic regression at 5% level of significance. RESULTS: The age standardized prevalence of obesity was 11.1% (rural 4.2%, urban 14.3%). The odds for obesity was higher among females (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 3.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.27–4.99), those with tertiary education (aOR: 3.3; 95% CI: 1.61–6.95), married (aOR: 2.1; 95% CI: 1.37–3.36), and those residing in urban areas (aOR: 3.0; 95% CI: 1.73–5.05) compared to rural dwellers. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of obesity was high among adults in Benue State. It is more prevalent among females, married, educated, and urban dwellers. Interventions targeted at healthy lifestyle choices should be directed at these populations for effective control.
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spelling pubmed-81028962021-06-02 Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study Osunkwo, Damaris Amarachukwu Nguku, Patrick M. Mohammed, Amina Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David Kamateeka, Moreen Ibrahim, Mohammed Kefas, Ibrahim Bekshak Abolade, Oladimeji S. Nwokeukwu, Hulda Ijeoma Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim Ann Afr Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The prevalence of obesity has risen to over 650 million adults in 2016, and accounts for 41 million deaths globally. It is a major contributor to the burden of noncommunicable diseases. We determined the prevalence and associated factors of obesity to inform policy decisions toward developing robust prevention and management strategies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in July 2017 among 1265 adults in urban and rural communities in Benue State. We used multistage sampling technique in selecting the participants. The WHO standardized and validated tool were used to collect information on sociodemographic and anthropometric measurements. We calculated age standardized prevalence of obesity and determined factors associated with obesity using logistic regression at 5% level of significance. RESULTS: The age standardized prevalence of obesity was 11.1% (rural 4.2%, urban 14.3%). The odds for obesity was higher among females (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 3.4; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.27–4.99), those with tertiary education (aOR: 3.3; 95% CI: 1.61–6.95), married (aOR: 2.1; 95% CI: 1.37–3.36), and those residing in urban areas (aOR: 3.0; 95% CI: 1.73–5.05) compared to rural dwellers. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of obesity was high among adults in Benue State. It is more prevalent among females, married, educated, and urban dwellers. Interventions targeted at healthy lifestyle choices should be directed at these populations for effective control. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8102896/ /pubmed/33727505 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_36_19 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Annals of African Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Original Article
Osunkwo, Damaris Amarachukwu
Nguku, Patrick M.
Mohammed, Amina
Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David
Kamateeka, Moreen
Ibrahim, Mohammed
Kefas, Ibrahim Bekshak
Abolade, Oladimeji S.
Nwokeukwu, Hulda Ijeoma
Zoakah, Ayuba Ibrahim
Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study
title Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study
title_full Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study
title_fullStr Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study
title_short Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors in Benue State, Nigeria: A Population-Based Study
title_sort prevalence of obesity and associated factors in benue state, nigeria: a population-based study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8102896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33727505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_36_19
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