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Adult Female Overweight and Obesity Prevalence in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Baseline Sub-National Assessment of Indicator 14 Of the Global NCD Monitoring Framework
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: Received: 2 October 2020 / Approved: 5 October 2020 / Online: 5 October 2020 (10:56:02 CEST)
How to cite:
Ozodiegwu, I.; Mercer, L.; Quinn, M.; Doctor, H.; Mamudu, H. Adult Female Overweight and Obesity Prevalence in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Baseline Sub-National Assessment of Indicator 14 Of the Global NCD Monitoring Framework. Preprints2020, 2020100067. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0067.v1
Ozodiegwu, I.; Mercer, L.; Quinn, M.; Doctor, H.; Mamudu, H. Adult Female Overweight and Obesity Prevalence in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Baseline Sub-National Assessment of Indicator 14 Of the Global NCD Monitoring Framework. Preprints 2020, 2020100067. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0067.v1
Ozodiegwu, I.; Mercer, L.; Quinn, M.; Doctor, H.; Mamudu, H. Adult Female Overweight and Obesity Prevalence in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Baseline Sub-National Assessment of Indicator 14 Of the Global NCD Monitoring Framework. Preprints2020, 2020100067. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0067.v1
APA Style
Ozodiegwu, I., Mercer, L., Quinn, M., Doctor, H., & Mamudu, H. (2020). Adult Female Overweight and Obesity Prevalence in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Baseline Sub-National Assessment of Indicator 14 Of the Global NCD Monitoring Framework. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0067.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ozodiegwu, I., Henry Doctor and Hadii Mamudu. 2020 "Adult Female Overweight and Obesity Prevalence in Seven Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Baseline Sub-National Assessment of Indicator 14 Of the Global NCD Monitoring Framework" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202010.0067.v1
Abstract
Introduction: Decreasing overweight and obesity prevalence requires precise data at sub-national levels to monitor progress and initiate interventions. This study aimed to estimate baseline age-standardized overweight prevalence at the lowest administrative units among women, 18 years and older, in seven African countries. The study aims are synonymous with indicator 14 of the global non-communicable disease monitoring framework. Methods: We used the most recent Demographic and Health Survey and administrative boundaries data from the GADM. Three Bayesian hierarchical models were fitted and model selection tests implemented. The age-standardized prevalence of overweight among adult women at national, first and second administrative levels were individually reported in each country in the form of maps and tables. Results: Substantial variation in the age-standardized prevalence of adult female overweight was noted across several second-level administrative units. In numerous locations in Tanzania, Nigeria and Zimbabwe, more than half of the adult female population were overweight and in one location in Tanzania, over 72% of the adult female population were overweight. These estimates were roughly twice the national level overweight prevalence and, in some cases, roughly 10 – 20% greater than the overweight prevalence in first-level administrative units. Conclusion: The observed overweight burden in subnational administrative units suggests the presence of an epidemic tantamount to the situation in more affluent economies. African countries lack the resources to effectively handle the fallout from such epidemic, therefore motivating the need for increased urgency in adopting WHO obesity-related intervention guidelines and implementing more rigorous studies to validate the study findings.
Keywords
overweight; obesity, adult women
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy
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