Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Market Women in Ede Osun State
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- Sep 8, 2020
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The study was carried out to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among market women in Ede, Osun State. A total number of 200 market women were assessed using anthropometric indices. The result revealed the age distribution of the respondent which 16% were within the age range of 18-25 years, 40% within the range of 26-40 years, 44% were above 40 years above, 32% skip meals, furthermore 2.0% were underweight, 40.5% were overweight and 49% were obese while only 8.5% were normal. Conclusively there was a high prevalence of malnutrition among the market women especially obesity and overweight when viewed in terms of their weight/height measurements, therefore, there is the need for Nutrition sensitization and awareness creation for market women to control abnormal weight gain and their complications that result.
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