Socio-economic and individual factors associated with overweight and obesity among women of Reproductive age in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda
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2019-03
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Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences
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Overweight and obesity is an escalating problem worldwide, yet extensive data especially in Africa is still lacking. The main objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and associated factors among women aged 18-49 in Bushenyi District, Uganda. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence, socio-economic and individual factors associated with overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Bushenyi town, Bushenyi district. A cross-sectional analytical study design was used. Data on prevalence was collected through anthropometric measurements using the BMI (Body Mass Index) while those of socioeconomic and individual factors were collected with a structured questionnaires. A total of 271 women aged 18-49 years from Bushenyi District were sampled. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among women of the women of reproductive age in Bushenyi town was 47.24% and 19.92% respectively. The rest of the sampled women were normal (32.84%). The results show that house wives were twice more likely to be overweighed and obese (AOR= 2.006). Also, women who are unemployed (AOR=1.233), who earn >700000 shillings (AOR=1.0263) and owned houses (AOR= 1.0452) are more likely to be overweighed and obese. Women in Bushenyi town who live sedentarily (AOR=2.455), those who take more milk (AOR = 2.710), consume alcohol (AOR = 2.134) and do moderate physical exercise are more likely to be overweighed and obese. Women who take ghee (AOR = 1.969) and eat rice (AOR= 1.453) are likely to also be overweighed and obese. The high prevalence of overweight and obesity in Bushenyi town as shown in this calls for behaviour change related towards lifestyle, occupation and diet. Hence public health interventions through awareness programmes about the consequences of overall and abdominal obesity should be propagated by government and health partners
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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of Kampala International University
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Overweight and obesity, Reproductive age, Women, Bushenyi district, Western Uganda