Predictors of overweight and obesity in adult women in Nairobi Province, Kenya.

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dc.contributor.authorOchola, S. A.
dc.contributor.authorMbochi, R.W.
dc.contributor.authorKuria, E. N.
dc.contributor.authorKimiywe, Judith
dc.contributor.authorSteyn, N.P.
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-22T13:19:58Z
dc.date.available2013-04-22T13:19:58Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-14
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Since obesity in urban women is prevalent in Kenya the study aimed to determine predictors of overweight and obesity in urban Kenyan women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was undertaken in Nairobi Province. The province was purposively selected because it has the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity in Kenya.A total of 365 women aged 25--54 years old were randomly selected to participate in the study. RESULTS: Higher age, higher socio-economic (SE) group, increased parity, greater number of rooms in the house, and increased expenditure showed greater mean body mass index (BMI),% body fat and waist circumference (WC) at highly significant levels (p <0.001). Most of the variance in BMI was explained by age, total physical activity, percentage of fat consumed, parity and SE group in that order, together accounting for 18% of the variance in BMI. The results suggest that age was the most significant predictor of all the dependent variables appearing first in all the models, while parity was a significant predictor of BMI and WC. The upper two SE groups had significantly higher mean protein (p <0.05), cholesterol (p <0.05) and alcohol (p <0.001) intakes than the lower SE groups; while the lower SE groups had significantly higher mean fibre (p <0.001) and carbohydrate (p <0.05) intakes. A fat intake greater than 100% of the DRI dietary reference intake (DRI) had a significantly greater mean BMI (p <0.05) than a fat intake less than the DRI. CONCLUSIONS: The predictors of overweight and obesity showed that urbanization and the nutrition transition were well established in the sample of women studied in the high SE groups. They exhibited a sedentary lifestyle and consumed a diet high in energy, protein, fat, cholesterol, and alcohol and lower in fibre and carbohydrate compared with those in the low SE groups. BMC Public Health 09/2012; 12(1):823.
dc.identifier.citationHttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/283en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6644
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectoverweighten_US
dc.subjectobesityen_US
dc.subjectwomenen_US
dc.subjectkenyaen_US
dc.subjectdieten_US
dc.subjectphysical activityen_US
dc.titlePredictors of overweight and obesity in adult women in Nairobi Province, Kenya.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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