Burden of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overweight and obesity continue to escalate, despite the regulations and interventions that have been put in place. To support further policy directions, it is necessary to have pooled data that illustrate the burden of overweight and obesity among adolescents nowadays. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the burden of overweight and obesity among Ethiopian adolescents.

Methods

Embase, Science Direct, Medline, PubMed, Google Scholar and Web of Science were the databases used in the search for publications that ran from inception until 25 October 2023. STATA version 18 was used to analyze data on overweight and obesity in adolescents. Using the random effect model, the pooled estimates with 95% CIs were calculated. Using the Galbraith

SUBMITTER: Eyeberu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11879499 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature