ArticleNutrients2016
Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Overweight and/or Obesity among Schoolchildren in Central Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Burden of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International health · 2025Pooled it
- Double burden of malnutrition and associated factors among adolescent in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- Population Nutritional Status in Addis Health and Demographic Surveillance System (ADDIS-HDSS), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
- Machine learning-based prediction of vitamin D deficiency: NHANES 2001-2018.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Effect of vitamin D3 on lipid droplet growth in adipocytes of mice with HFD-induced obesity.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Association between dietary Intake, eating behavior, and childhood obesity among children and adolescents in Ethiopia.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2023Article
- Vitamin-D deficiency in adults of Mumbai city: Change in the last decade.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
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- Beliefs About Body Weight and Practices of Regulating Food and Physical Exercise Patterns of Children Among Parents in Southern Ethiopia.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Article
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- The Moderate Correlation Between 25(OH)D Serum and Saliva in Healthy People with Low Vitamin D Intake.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Dietary conjugated linoleic acid and medium-chain triglycerides for obesity management.Journal of biosciences · 2021Review
- Prevalence, incidence, and trends of childhood overweight/obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2020Article
- Risk factors and morbidities associated with childhood obesity in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
- Correlation of severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with serum vitamin-D level.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
- Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Increased Use of Antimicrobials among Preschool Girls in Ethiopia.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Vitamin D Insufficiency in Overweight and Obese Children and Adolescents.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2019Review
- The relationship between cardiometabolic risks and vitamin D levels with the degree of obesity.Turk pediatri arsivi · 2019Article
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Abstract
Childhood and adolescent obesity is an international public health problem leading to an increased risk of adulthood obesity, mortality and morbidity. Its prevalence is increasing in low-income populations, and we hypothesized it may be associated with vitamin D deficiency. Low vitamin D status is a worldwide public health issue including in Ethiopia; however, no one has examined overweight/obesity in Ethiopian schoolchildren with regard to vitamin D status. The Analyses of a data set from a school-based cross-sectional study conducted in Adama Town (n = 89) and in rural Adama Woreda (n = 85) was carried out to determine vitamin D deficiency and its association with overweight and/or obesity. Data on a total of 174 schoolchildren aged 11-18 years was used for these analyses. The overall prevalence of overweight and/or obesity was 10.3%, with 8.5% overweight and 2.3% obese; the prevalence of underweight was 19%. In the multivariable logistic regression model, vitamin D deficiency, being in the higher age group, female sex and urban residence of students, their mothers' occupation of being employed and their households' high and middle socioeconomic status were significantly associated with overweight and/or obesity. We concluded that vitamin D deficiency is an independent predictor significantly associated with overweight and/or obesity among schoolchildren from rural and urban settings in Ethiopia. The results imply the need for behavior change communications on the importance of exposure to sunlight to produce adequate vitamin D to curb this emerging health problem of overweight/obesity following economic growth and globalization in Ethiopia. As this study only highlighted the association, prospective studies and randomized controlled trials are required to establish causality.
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