TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Ruselu, Kedes. Grace 
AU  -  Manyiri, Paulina
TI  -      Prevalence and factors associated of obesity among healthy adults in Nyamagana District, Mwanza, Tanzania
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Mwanza, Tanzania: 
PB  - 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
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N2  - Abstracts: 

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.

Objective: this study was designed countries to assess the prevalence and associated factors of obesity among healthy adults in Nyamagana.

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.

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%.

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

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