ArticleBMC public health2015
Population-based survey of overweight and obesity and the associated factors in peri-urban and rural Eastern Uganda.
Article in BMC public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence, trends and distribution of lifestyle cancer risk factors in Uganda: a 20-year systematic review.BMC cancer · 2023Pooled it
- The Magnitude of NCD Risk Factors in Ethiopia: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Magnitude and correlates of overweight or obesity among adults with diabetes mellitus duration of five or more years in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional study.Global epidemiology · 2026Article
- Spatial distribution of central obesity in rural and peri urban communities of Botswana: a nested Botswana Combination Prevention Project (BCPP) cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- Prevalence, time trends and associated factors of adult overweight and obesity in 36 countries in the WHO African region from 2003 to 2022: a study of 54 WHO STEPS surveys representing 156 million adults.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Rwanda: analysis of the 2019/2020 Demographic and Health Survey.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Food-related behaviors of rural (Asaase Kooko) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) households in Ghana.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity and healthy overweight and the associated factors in southern Iran: A population-based cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Socio-demographic predictors of obesity among women in Mukono Central Division in Central Uganda: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Physical and psychiatric comorbidities among patients with severe mental illness as seen in Uganda.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- Metabolic syndrome in childhood cancer survivors: delta BMI a risk factor in lower-middle-income countries.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Overweight and obesity in south central Uganda: A population-based study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence and determinants of obesity and abdominal obesity among rural workers in Southeastern Brazil.PloS one · 2022Article
- High Prevalence of Overweight and Its Association with Mid-Upper Arm Circumference among Female and Male Farmers in Tanzania and Mozambique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Factors associated with childhood overweight and obesity in Uganda: a national survey.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Social determinants and behaviors associated with overweight and obesity among youth and adults in a peri-urban area of Maputo City, Mozambique.Journal of global health · 2021Article
- Food intake and cardiometabolic risk factors in rural Uganda.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- An assessment of non-communicable disease mortality among adults in Eastern Uganda, 2010-2016.PloS one · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with Over-Nutrition Among Men 15-54 years in Uganda: A National Survey.Nutrition and metabolic insights · 2021Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional countrywide study in Burkina Faso.BMJ open · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIn sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the rising prevalence of overweight, obesity and non-communicable diseases co-exists with the high burden of under-nutrition. The paucity of data on adulthood overweight and obesity, disaggregated by socio-demographic characteristics and in rural settings in SSA calls for research. We determined the prevalence of underweight, overweight/obesity and associated factors among adults in peri-urban and rural Uganda.
methodsA cross-sectional study of 1210 randomly selected adults aged ≥ 18 years was conducted in Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site in eastern Uganda in 2013. Height, weight and socio-demographic variables were assessed. Overweight was defined as BMI = 25.0-29.99 kg/m(2), obesity ≥ 30 kg/m(2) and overweight/obesity ≥ 25 kg/m(2). Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with overweight/obesity.
resultsOf the participants, 7 % were underweight (8.1 % of men; 5.9 % of women, p = 0.99); 17.8 % were overweight (12.4 % of men; 23.1 % of women, p < 0.001); and 7 % were obese (2.0 % of men; 12.7 % of women, p < 0.001). Overweight prevalence was 15.8 % and 23.8 % among rural and peri-urban adults, respectively (p < 0.001). Obesity prevalence was 3.9 % and 17.8 % among rural and peri-urban adults, respectively (p < 0.001). Factors associated with overweight/obesity were: being female, adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 4.3 (95 % confidence interval (PloS one 8:e75640, 20013) 3.2-5.9); peri-urban residence AOR 2.6 (1.9-3.6); being in age group 35-44, AOR 3.1 (1.8-5.3); 45-54 AOR 4.1 (2.3-7.3); 55-64 AOR 2.6 (1.4-5.0); ≥ 65 years AOR 3.1 (1.6-6.0); and having socio-economic status (SES) in the third AOR 2.8 (1.7-4.6), fourth 2.5 (1.5-4.2) and fifth 2.7 (1.6-4.4) quintile.
conclusionsOverweight/obesity was prevalent among adults. Overweight/obese was associated with being female, being aged 35 years and older, residing in a peri-urban area and having a higher SES. The time has come to develop interventions to prevent and control overweight/obesity.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.