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ABSTRACT
We examined rural and urban prevalence and correlates of overweight/obesity among women of reproductive age using survey data from Nigeria. Overweight and obesity prevalence increased from 16.1% and 6.1% in 2008 to 18.2% and 10.0% in 2018, while underweight prevalence consistently averaged at 12%. Regardless of the residential setting, age, marital status, education, occupation, wealth, and year were associated with higher risk of overweight/obesity, whereas breastfeeding showed a protective effect. Unique risk factors for overweight/obesity in urban areas were higher parity and female-headed households, while ethnicity, media exposure, and state of residence were unique risk factors in rural areas.
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Acknowledgments
We would like to express our gratitude to the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) program for providing free access to the datasets for this study. We are also grateful to our mother institution (Western University) for providing access to library resources that facilitated the completion of this study.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Data availability
This study was done using secondary data provided by the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) program. DHS grants free access to survey datasets upon submission of an official request.
Author’s contribution
Jason Mulimba Were: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing- Original draft preparation, Writing– Review & Editing, Visualization Emmanuel Kyeremeh:Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing- Original draft preparation, Writing– Review & Editing Bridget Osei Henewaah Annor: Conceptualization, Writing- Original draft preparation, Writing– Review & Editing M. Karen Campbell: Writing– Review & Editing, Supervision Saverio Stranges: Conceptualization, Writing– Review & Editing, Supervision.