Obesity epidemic has emerged among Nigerians

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by body-mass index categories

	Overall %	Body-mass index categories (kg/m²)
Characteristics		18.5 < 25	25 - < 30	≥ 30.0
Characteristics		n = 377	n = 399	n = 265
Body-mass index (kg/m ² )		22.5 ± 1.6	27.2 ± 1.4	33.8 ± 3.2
Age (years)		39.2 ± 10.3	42.6 ± 9.0	43.3 ± 7.1
Age categories (years), %
- <30	11	19	10	2
- 30 – 39	28	31	22	32
- 40 – 49	40	32	46	43
- ≥ 50	21	18	22	23
Sex,%
- Male	60	71	67	34
- Female	40	29	33	66
Religion, %
- Christianity	80	78	80	82
- Islam	20	22	20	18
Marital Status, %
- Married	77	69	81	82
- Not married	23	31	19	18
Education, %
- None	0.4	0	1	0
- Primary (Elementary school)	0.6	1	1	0
- Secondary (High school)	22	29	19	15
- ≥ Tertiary (College)	77	70	79	85
Occupation, %
- Self-employed	3	4	2	1
- Unskilled manual	7	11	6	3
- Skilled manual	40	43	40	36
- Professional/executive	50	42	52	60
Socio-economic status, %
- Low	40	51	38	27
- Middle	40	31	41	52
- High	20	18	21	21
Sugar sweetened beverages, %
- < 1/month	17	17	15	20
- ≤ 1/week	45	44	48	40
- 2 – 6/week	27	27	27	27
- ≥ 1/day	11	12	10	13
Mean calories from carbohydrates		985.7 ± 502.7	973.4 ± 497.8	862.8 ± 482.4
Physical activity, %
- Low	61	59	61	65
- Moderate	22	23	23	20
- High	16	18	16	15
Television (hours/week), %
- <6/week	45	46	44	46
- 6 - 10/week	28	29	28	26
- 11 - 20/week	17	15	19	18
- > 20/week	10	10	9	10

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