Predictors of obesity among school-age children in Debre Berhan City, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity causes a serious diet-related chronic disease, including type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and certain forms of cancer. In Sub- Saharan Africa including Ethiopia, most nutritional interventions mainly focused on a child undernutrition and ignored the impacts of obesity among children. In Ethiopia, the magnitude and associated factors of obesity among school-age children were not clearly described. Therefore this study assesses the predictors of obesity among school- age children in Debre Berhan City, Ethiopia, 2022.

Methods

A cross-sectional study design was conducted from June to July, 2022. Participants were selected by using multistage sampling method. Data were collected using pre-tested and structured questions. Da

SUBMITTER: Ayele AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490846 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature