Prevalence and factors associated of obesity among healthy adults in Nyamagana District, Mwanza, Tanzania. (Record no. 21323)
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ruselu, Kedes. Grace |
| 9 (RLIN) | 21444 |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/MD/4001579/T/15 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Prevalence and factors associated of obesity among healthy adults in Nyamagana District, Mwanza, Tanzania. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS - Bugando] |
| -- | Phone: +255 28 298 3384 : |
| -- | Fax: +255 28 298 3386 : |
| -- | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : |
| -- | Website: www.bugando.ac.tz : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | viii; 32 Pages |
| Extent | Includes Refferences and Appendices |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstracts: <br/><br/>Background: obesity is now considered as a serious health problem, and a very important risk factor for many disease. Its prevalence has tripled over the past three decades and keeps on rising not only in developed countries.<br/><br/>Objective: this study was designed countries to assess the prevalence and associated factors of obesity among healthy adults in Nyamagana.<br/><br/>Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted; convenient sampling method was to select a representative sample. A total of 391 adults, aged ≥18 years were recruited. Demographic data and other factors were obtained. Obesity was defined according to the classification by the WHO using BMI.<br/><br/>Results: overall, the prevalence of obesity was 24.6% while 32.2% were overweight, 41.4% had normal BMI and 1.8% were underweight. Obesity has higher prevalence in male i.e. 36.7%, age group between 47 to 58, i.e. 40%, secondary level of education i.e. 28.7%, retired i.e. 40% and insufficiently physical active i.e.29.8%.<br/><br/>Conclusion: although the prevalence of obesity was high in men, women had high prevalence of overweight .factors associated with obesity in the population studied were being male, increasing age, being widow/widower and insufficient physical activities.<br/> |
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| General subdivision | Inernal Medicine |
| 9 (RLIN) | 48562 |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 20648 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 08/11/2021 | UD1280 | 08/11/2021 | 08/11/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |