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Table 6 Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents, youth, and adults

From: Nutrition transition, double burden of malnutrition, and urbanization patterns in secondary cities of Bangladesh, Kenya and Rwanda

 

Adolescents (10–19 years)

Youth (15–24 years)

Adults (19–49 years)

 

Female (n)

Male (n)

Female (n)

Male (n)

Female (n)

Male (n)

Dinajpur (BG)

6.0% (184)

8.0% (113)

18.8% (112)

7.7% (26)

53.4% (350)

42.6% (61)

Rangpur (BG)

6.8% (162)

7.0% (143)

17.6% (102)

1.9% (53)

45.5% (341)

26.9% (78)

Bungoma (KE)

1.5% (66)

0.0% (39)

14.8% (61)

10.5% (19)

55.8% (154)

18.2% (11)

Busia (KE)

1.4% (72)

2.9% (35)

15.9% (69)

0.0% (10)

53.5% (155)

30.0% (10)

Rubavu (RW)

0.0% (30)

0.0% (21)

12.0% (25)

0.0% (5)

44.8% (143)

6.9% (29)

Rusizi (RW)

2.3% (43)

0.0% (30)

14.7% (34)

0.0% (11)

42.1% (145)

29.0% (31)

  1. Overweight and obesity defined as BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 in individuals aged 19 years or more and a BMI-for-age Z-score > 2 in individuals under 19 years
  2. BG Bangladesh, KE Kenya, RW Rwanda