Abdominal obesity in India: analysis of the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-2021) data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ever-growing trend of abdominal obesity worldwide has garnered global attention over the past three decades. In India, BMI has conventionally been used to measure obesity. National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is the largest demographic and health survey (DHS) in India. For the first time, the NFHS conducted the fifth round in 2019-21 which assessed abdominal obesity through waist circumference. The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of abdominal obesity and explore the associated socioeconomic factors.

Methods

The prevalence of abdominal obesity in India was determined using the NFHS-5 dataset, where waist circumference was used as a measure. Multivariable binary logistic regression was then employed to examine the association of di

SUBMITTER: Chaudhary M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10363491 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature