瘦的北方,胖的南方:解释尼日利亚异常体重的区域差异
Tunde A Alabi1,2, Oluwaseun A Badru3,4,5
1Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
Journal of biosocial science
|November 30, 2023
概括
肥胖和体重不足等体重异常在尼日利亚显示出显著的区域差异. 南部尼日利亚妇女面临超重和肥胖的风险更高,而北方妇女更容易体重不足.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 营养科学 营养科学
背景情况:
- 体重异常,包括体重不足,超重和肥胖,对健康构成重大风险.
- 了解这些情况的区域差异对于尼日利亚有针对性的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查尼日利亚北部和南部之间体重不足,超重和肥胖的流行差异.
- 在不同地区识别导致这些体重异常的相关因素.
主要方法:
- 来自2018年尼日利亚人口与健康调查 (NDHS) 数据的分析.
- 包括12333名拥有完整体重指数记录的女性.
- 尼日利亚北部和南部之间的体重状况的比较统计分析.
主要成果:
- 与北方女性相比,南方女性体重不足的几率较低,但超重和肥胖的几率更高.
- 患病率差异很大:体重不足 (全国为11.6%,吉川为31.6%,恩古为6.9%),超重 (全国为17.9%,拉各斯为39.9%,吉川为6.7%) 和肥胖 (北部为6.1%,南部为14.4%).
- 异常体重的发病率在南方更高,异常类型在特定区域有所不同.
结论:
- 尼日利亚的体重异常存在显著的区域差异,南部的超重和肥胖率更高.
- 宗教,教育,避孕药使用和财富等因素与异常体重有关,但它们的影响因地区和体重状况而异.
- 虽然财富增加了营养过度的风险,但中学教育似乎减少了尼日利亚超重或肥胖的几率.
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