Double burden of underweight and overweight among Bangladeshi adults differs between men and women: evidence from a nationally representative survey
| Autor: | Muntasirur Rahman, Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Abdullah Al Mamun, Kurt Z. Long, Tanvir Hasan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Rural Population Adolescent Urban Population Double burden Cross-sectional study Medicine (miscellaneous) 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Overweight Body Mass Index Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Asian People Thinness Prevalence medicine Humans Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Life Style Bangladesh Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Health Surveys Research Papers Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Sample size determination Sample Size Female Underweight medicine.symptom business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Nutr |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 1368-9800 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1368980017000957 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of underweight and overweight among Bangladeshi adults and to determine if the double burden of underweight and overweight differs by gender and other socio-economic characteristics of individuals.DesignWe used data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011. Multinominal logistic regression was used to examine associations between the different nutritional statuses of individuals and related determinants. Interaction effect was checked between gender and various socio-economic factors.SettingNationwide, covering the whole of Bangladesh.SubjectsIndividuals aged >18 years (women, n 16 052; men, n 5090).ResultsUnderweight was observed among 28·3 % of men and 24·4 % of women, whereas overweight was observed among 8·4 % of men and 16·9 % of women. The odds of being overweight were significantly lower among urban men (OR=0·46; 95 % CI 0·37, 0·57) compared with urban women, whereas the odds of being underweight were significantly higher among urban men (OR=1·33; 95 % CI 1·07, 1·64) compared with urban women. The odds of being overweight were lower among higher educated men (OR=0·48; 95 % CI 0·39, 0·58) and men of rich households (OR=0·45; 95 % CI 0·37, 0·54) compared with higher educated women and women of rich households, respectively.ConclusionsThere are important gender differences in the prevalence of underweight and overweight among the adult population in Bangladesh. Women with higher education, in rich and urban households have higher chances of being overweight and lower chances of being underweight compared with their male counterparts. |
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