ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2025
Epidemiology of overweight and obesity in school children and adolescents in Cameroon: a comparative study in urban and semi-urban settings.
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- Body weight misperception among school going adolescents in Cameroon.BMC public health · 2026Article
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Introduction: over the past three decades, the number of overweight children in Africa has doubled. We aimed to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and investigate the associated factors in urban and rural areas of Cameroon. Methods: this was a cross-sectional study on adolescents and children aged between 3 and 19 years, recruited at 22 multi-staged randomly selected schools in Yaounde (urban setting) and Mbouda (semi-urban setting), Cameroon, from December 2017 to June 2018. We collected socio-demographic data, relevant history, and anthropometric measurements. Overweight and obesity were diagnosed according to the International Obesity Task Force for children and adolescents. Associated factors were assessed through multivariate analysis with logistic regression and presented with their OR and 95% confidence interval. Results: a total of 2398 students were included in the study. The median age was 15 years (IQR 12-17 years). The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity were 27.2% and 9.8% in the semi-urban area vs 27.3% and 30.4% in the urban area (p< 0.001). The prevalence of abdominal obesity was 19.7% in the semi-urban area vs. 15.2% in the urban area (p=0.004). The factors associated with overweight and obesity were increased waist circumference (aOR = 1.03, 95% CI = 1.02 - 1.05, p <0.001), an urban residence (aOR = 2.57, 95% CI = 1.84 - 3.59, p <0.001), increased number of meals per day (aOR = 1.11, 95% CI = 1.01 - 1.23, p =0.034), motorised transport to school (aOR = 1.49, 95% CI = 1.20 - 1.85, p <0.001). Conclusion: the prevalence of childhood obesity is greater in urban than semi-urban areas of Cameroon. There are many factors associated with the onset of this pathology in our setting, the control of which could be the subject of prevention.
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