Cross-country comparison of dietary patterns and overweight and obesity among adult women in urban Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To derive dietary patterns (DP) among women of reproductive age (WRA) and older women in urban Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and to examine their association with body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity.

Design

We used principal component analysis to derive DP. Their association with BMI, overweight and obesity was assessed using linear and multinomial logistic regression models controlling for age, marital status, education and wealth.

Setting

Cross-sectional data from prospective studies in Accra, Ghana (2008-2009), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2014) and Lilongwe and Kasungu, Malawi (2017-2018) were used.

Participants

We compared WRA in Ghana (18-54 years, n 1762) and Malawi (19-48 years, n 137), and older women in Ghana (≥55 years, n 514) and Tanzani

SUBMITTER: Bliznashka L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195588 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature