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

Autor:	Ayele AN; Department of Nursing, Debre Berhan University, Asrate Woldeyes Health Science Campus, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia., Mekonen AG; Department of Nursing, Debre Berhan University, Asrate Woldeyes Health Science Campus, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia., Seid A; Department of Nursing, Debre Berhan University, Asrate Woldeyes Health Science Campus, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia., Mitikie EG; Department of Nursing, Debre Berhan Health Science College, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia., Abayneh AD; Department of Midwifery, Debre Berhan Health Science College, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia., Haile MT; Department of Midwifery, Debre Berhan Health Science College, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2023 Sep 08; Vol. 3 (9), pp. e0001895. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 08 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pgph.0001895
Abstrakt:	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. Data were coded and entered in Epi-data version 4.6 and exported and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Result: A total of 600 children were participating in the study. The prevalence of obesity was 10.7% (95% CI: 8.3, 13.2). In this study, attending at private school (AOR = 4.24, 95% CI: 1.58, 11.32), children aged between 10-12years (AOR = 2.67, 95% CI: 1.30, 5.48), soft drink available in home (AOR = 2.27, 95% CI: 1.25,18.13), Loneliness (AOR = 1.67 95% CI: 1.12, 3.15) and mothers with occupational status of daily labour (AOR = 8.54 95% CI: 1.12, 65.39) were significantly associated with childhood obesity. Conclusion: In this study, the overall magnitude of childhood obesity was (10.7%) which means one in eleven children and relatively high as compare to the EDHS survey. Therefore, more attention should be given to strengthening physical activities, providing nutritional education, and creating community awareness about healthy diets as well as other preventive measures. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests exist. (Copyright: © 2023 Ayele et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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