Prevalence of overweight/obesity and associated factors among under-five children in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis of nationally representative sample

Childhood overweight and obesity are emerging public health challenges of the twety-first century. There was a 24% increase in the number of overweight children under the age of 5 years in low-income countries. Despite the significant risk of childhood overweight/obesity for non-communicable disease...

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Published in:Frontiers in public health 2022-09, Vol.10, p.881296-881296
Main Authors: Gebremichael, Mathewos Alemu, Mengesha, Melkamu Merid, Hailegebreal, Samuel, Abdulkadir, Hanan, Arja, Asrat, Wolde, Biruk Bogale
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cesarean Section
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ethiopia
Ethiopia - epidemiology
factors
Female
Humans
Male
Mothers
Multilevel Analysis
Overweight - epidemiology
overweight/obesity
Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Public Health
under-five children
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Summary:Childhood overweight and obesity are emerging public health challenges of the twety-first century. There was a 24% increase in the number of overweight children under the age of 5 years in low-income countries. Despite the significant risk of childhood overweight/obesity for non-communicable diseases, premature death, disability, and reproductive disorders in their adult life, little attention has been given. Therefore, we aimed to assess the prevalence of overweight/obesity and associated factors among under-five children. This study was conducted using data from a nationally representative sample of the 2019 Ethiopia Mini Demographic and Health Survey (EMDHS). The Mini EDHS was a community-based cross-sectional study that covered all the administrative regions of Ethiopia. The data collection was conducted between March 21, 2019 and June 28, 2019. Both descriptive and analytic findings were produced. The overweight/obesity was measured by the weight-for-height (WFH) index, more than two standard deviations (+2 ) above the median of the reference population based on the BMI -score. To identify significantly asso. A total of 5,164 under-five children were included in this study cited factors of overweight/obesity, a multilevel binary logistic regression model was fitted to account for the hierarchical nature of the data. Adjusted odds ratio (aOR) with a corresponding 95% confidence interval ( ) was reported to show the strength of association and statistical significance. The overall prevalence of overweight/obesity was 2.14% (95% : 1.74-2.53). The odds of overweight/obesity was higher among children aged
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2022.881296