Nationally representative surveys show gradual shifting of overweight and obesity towards poor and less-educated women of reproductive age in Nepal

• Verfasst von: Sutradhar, Ipsita [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Akter, Tahmina [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hasan, Mehedi [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Das Gupta, Rajat [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Joshi, Hemraj [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Haider, Mohammad Rifat [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sarker, Malabika [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Nationally representative surveys show gradual shifting of overweight and obesity towards poor and less-educated women of reproductive age in Nepal
• Verf.angabe: Ipsita Sutradhar, Tahmina Akter, Mehedi Hasan, Rajat Das Gupta, Hemraj Joshi, Mohammad Rifat Haider and Malabika Sarker
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 19 S.
• Teil: volume:53
• Teil: year:2021
• Teil: number:2
• Teil: pages:214-232
• Teil: extent:19
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 18.08.2021 ; First published: 27 March 2020
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Journal of biosocial science
• Ort Quelle: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1969
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: 53(2021), 2, Seite 214-232
• ISSN Quelle: 1469-7599
• DOI: doi:10.1017/S0021932020000152
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: association
• Sach-SW: body-mass index
• Sach-SW: cardiovascular-disease
• Sach-SW: childhood
• Sach-SW: global burden
• Sach-SW: maternal obesity
• Sach-SW: metabolic syndrome
• Sach-SW: Nepal
• Sach-SW: Overweight and obesity
• Sach-SW: pregnancy
• Sach-SW: prevalence
• Sach-SW: risk-factors
• Sach-SW: Women
• K10plus-PPN: 1767269536

Abstract

Overweight and obesity are considered major public health concerns all over the world. They have the potential to increase the risk of developing non-communicable diseases in reproductive age women, increasing their risk of pregnancy related complications and adverse birth outcome. This study was carried out to identify the trend of prevalence of overweight and obesity, along with their determinants, among reproductive age women (15-49 years) in Nepal. Data were taken from the nationally representative 2006, 2011 and 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (NDHSs). Women were considered to be overweight or obese when their BMI was 23.0-27.5 kg/m(2) or >= 27.5 kg/m(2), respectively. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed, with significance taken at p<0.05. The prevalences of overweight and obesity both showed rising trends in women of reproductive age in Nepal from 2006 to 2016, particularly among those with no education, only primary education and poor women. The presence of overweight and obesity was found to be significantly associated with the sample women's age, educational status, wealth index, place of residence, ecological zone, developmental region, number of household members, marital status and ethnicity. In 2016 one in every three women of reproductive age in Nepal was either overweight or obese. As overweight and obesity have detrimental effects on women's health, the Government of Nepal, in collaboration with other government and non-government organizations, should take action to halt the rising trends in overweight and obesity in the country.