Prevalence and Predictors of Being Overweight or Obese Among the Married Female Adolescents in Bangladesh: an Analysis of Bangladesh Demography and Health Survey 2014

To the best of the present authors’ knowledge, no previous study has ever reported the prevalence and associated factors of being overweight/obese among married female adolescents in Bangladesh. [...]the present study investigated the prevalence and socio-demographic predictors of being overweight/o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of mental health and addiction 2023-02, Vol.21 (1), p.125-130
Hauptverfasser:	Ahmed, Md. Sabbir, Griffiths, Mark D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Body mass index Breastfeeding & lactation Chi-square test Community and Environmental Psychology Demography Education Females Health Psychology Health surveys Letter to the Editor Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental disorders Mental health Obesity Overweight Psychiatry Psychology Public Health Rehabilitation Sample size Sociodemographics Teenagers Variables
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Zusammenfassung:	To the best of the present authors’ knowledge, no previous study has ever reported the prevalence and associated factors of being overweight/obese among married female adolescents in Bangladesh. [...]the present study investigated the prevalence and socio-demographic predictors of being overweight/obese among this group. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), being overweight is when BMI ≥ 25.00 and obese is when BMI ≥ 30.00 (WHO 1997). According to the adjusted model, being aged 19 years (OR = 3.33, 95 % CI 1.25 − 8.85, p = 0.016), being in the richest wealth index (OR = 6.96, 95 % CI 2.92 − 16.61, p
ISSN:	1557-1874 1557-1882
DOI:	10.1007/s11469-020-00335-8