Prévalence de l’obésité en milieu scolaire en Côte d’Ivoire

Kramoh, Kouadio Euloge; N’goran, Yves N’da Kouakou; Aké-Traboulsi, E.; Boka, B.; Harding, Daniel; Koffi, D.B.J.; Koffi, F.; Guikahue, M. Kakou

doi:10.1016/j.ancard.2012.04.020

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“…This finding is consistent with many studies [19,20,21], but in contrast with reports with girl obesity predominance [22][23][24][25][26] and no gender difference noticed among boys and girls [27,28]. It is well known that overweight is a result of interactions between genetic and environmental factors, metabolism, eating and physical activity behaviour, and social and individual psychology [29][30][31][32] It has been found that parent rental is a risk factor of obesity, infact our study area is a rural area where only civil servant with high incomes are transferred for professional reasons and are obliged to rent houses because they are not in their native village.…”

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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Rural Preschool School Children Cameroon.

Mandob¹,

Estelle²,

Fridolin.³

2017

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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Rural Preschool School Children Cameroon.

Mandob¹,

Estelle²,

Fridolin.³

2017

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“…This study also underlined the gender difference in overweight with boys being more at risk of overweight than girls in this age group in Cameroon. The relation between gender and overweight in children is inconsistent across literature with boy predominance in some studies [ 12 , 31 , 32 ], girl predominance [ 33 – 36 ], or no difference observed [ 7 , 37 ], supporting the hypothesis that overweight is a result of interactions between genetic and environmental factors [ 11 ].…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Cameroon: A Multistage, Stratified Cluster Sampling Nationwide Survey

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BackgroundChildhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children (<5 years) in Cameroon, based on weight-for-height index, has doubled between 1991 and 2006. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity among children aged 6 months to 5 years in Cameroon in 2011.MethodsFour thousand five hundred and eighteen children (2205 boys and 2313 girls) aged between 6 to 59 months were sampled in the 2011 Demographic Health Survey (DHS) database. Body Mass Index (BMI) z-scores based on WHO 2006 reference population was chosen to estimate overweight (BMI z-score > 2) and obesity (BMI for age > 3). Regression analyses were performed to investigate risk factors of overweight/obesity.ResultsThe prevalence of overweight and obesity was 8% (1.7% for obesity alone). Boys were more affected by overweight than girls with a prevalence of 9.7% and 6.4% respectively. The highest prevalence of overweight was observed in the Grassfield area (including people living in West and North-West regions) (15.3%). Factors that were independently associated with overweight and obesity included: having overweight mother (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.51; 95% CI 1.15 to 1.97) and obese mother (aOR = 2.19; 95% CI = 155 to 3.07), compared to having normal weight mother; high birth weight (aOR = 1.69; 95% CI 1.24 to 2.28) compared to normal birth weight; male gender (aOR = 1.56; 95% CI 1.24 to 1.95); low birth rank (aOR = 1.35; 95% CI 1.06 to 1.72); being aged between 13–24 months (aOR = 1.81; 95% CI = 1.21 to 2.66) and 25–36 months (aOR = 2.79; 95% CI 1.93 to 4.13) compared to being aged 45 to 49 months; living in the grassfield area (aOR = 2.65; 95% CI = 1.87 to 3.79) compared to living in Forest area. Muslim appeared as a protective factor (aOR = 0.67; 95% CI 0.46 to 0.95).compared to Christian religion.ConclusionThis study underlines a high prevalence of early childhood overweight with significant disparities between ecological areas of Cameroon. Risk factors of overweight included high maternal BMI, high birth weight, male gender, low birth rank, aged between 13–36 months, and living in the Grassfield area while being Muslim appeared as a protective factor. Preventive strategies should be strengthened especially in Grassfield areas and should focus on sensitization campaigns to reduce overweight and obesity in mothers and on reinforcement of measures such as surveillance of weight gain during antenatal consultation and clinical follow-up of children with high birth weight. Meanwhile, further studies including nutritional characteristics are of great interest to understand the association with religion, child age and ecological area in this age group, and will help in refining preventive strategies against childhood overweight and obesity in Cameroon.

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“…The prevalence of overweight / obesity is similar to that shown in Indian schoolchildren aged between 6 and 11 years [10]. But it is lower than that found by among Ivorian students whose average age were 12 ± 3.6 years [5]. This difference could be explained by the presence of obesogenic foods in the environment of Ivorian schoolchildren.…”

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“…The association between nutritional status and knowledge of certain sociodemographic and economic characteristics has been the focus of several relevant studies [4]. In Côte d'Ivoire in 2012 reported a prevalence of 39% lean, 25% thin and 4% overweight in a population of 2,038 students with an average age of 12, 7 ± 3.6 years [5]. Thus, high family size is reported to be associated with malnutrition occurrence [6].…”

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Diet, Nutritional Status and School Performance of Schoolchildren in the District of Abidjan: Case of Yopougon and Bingerville

Kyas¹,

Meïté²,

Ouattara³

et al. 2017

Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences

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Prévalence de l’obésité en milieu scolaire en Côte d’Ivoire

Cited by 17 publications

References 21 publications

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Rural Preschool School Children Cameroon.

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Rural Preschool School Children Cameroon.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Cameroon: A Multistage, Stratified Cluster Sampling Nationwide Survey

Diet, Nutritional Status and School Performance of Schoolchildren in the District of Abidjan: Case of Yopougon and Bingerville

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