Estimating the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Nigeria in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Targeted public health response to obesity in Nigeria is relatively low due to limited epidemiologic understanding. We aimed to estimate nationwide and sub-national prevalence of overweight and obesity in the adult Nigerian population.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health, and Africa Journals Online were systematically searched for relevant epidemiologic studies in Nigeria published on or after 01 January 1990. We assessed quality of studies and conducted a random-effects meta-analysis on extracted crude prevalence rates. Using a meta-regression model, we estimated the number of overweight and obese persons in Nigeria in the year 2020.

Results

From 35 studies (n = 52,816), the pooled crude prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in Nigeria were

SUBMITTER: Adeloye D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8018557 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature