From: Obesity and overweight in Bangladeshi children and adolescents: a scoping review
 | Author(s) and year | Age range | Settings | Sex | Prevalence of overweight/obesity |
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Group A | Jesmin et al., 2011 | 0-59 months | Urban | Both | Obesity: 3.9% |
Rahman et al., 2009 | 24-59 months | Rural | Both | At risk of overweight- male: 0.3%, female: 0.6% | |
Overweight- male: 1.1%, female: 0.6% | |||||
Sultan et al., 2008 | 1-12 months | Urban | Both | Obesity: 14%; Overweight: 25.6% | |
BBS/UNICEF, 2007 | 0-59 months | Rural and urban | Both | Overweight/Obesity1.4% (male: 1.2%, female: 1.6%) | |
Severe overweight/obesity: 0.3% | |||||
de Onis et al., 2000 | < 5 years | Rural and urban | Both | Overweight: 1.1% | |
Group B | Hossain et al., 2012 | 15-19 years1 | Rural and urban | Females only | Obesity: less than 1% |
Corsi et al., 2011 | 15-19 years1 | Rural and urban | Females only | Overweight: 1.6% | |
Kurshed et al., 2010 | 10-18 years | Urban | Females only | Overweight/obesity: 4.6% | |
Sultana, 2010 | 6-13 years | Urban | Both | Overweight: 13.2%; Obesity: 17.8% | |
Khan et al., 2009 | 13-19 years2 | Urban | Females only | Overweight: 2.1%; Obesity: 0.9% | |
Balarajan et al., 2009 | 15-18 years1 | Urban | Females only | Overweight/obesity: 1.8% | |
Shafique et al., 2007 | 15-18 years1 | Rural and urban | Females only | Zero prevalence of overweight or obesity | |
Ferdousi et al., 2011 | 6-10 years | Urban | Both | Overweight: 18.32% and higher among males (10.9%) | |
Group C | Mohsin et al., 2010 | 3-18 years | Urban | Both | Overweight: 23.6%; Obesity: 17.9% |
Rahman et al., 2002 | 2-10 years | Urban | Both | Obesity: 7.6% | |
Rahman et al., 1998 | 2-10 years | Urban | Both | Overweight: 11.5%; Obesity: 13% | |
Das et al., 2013 | < 5 years3 | Urban | Both | Overweight & obesity in < 5: 5.15% | |
 |  | 5-19 years |  |  | Overweight & obesity in 5-19 years: 6.7% |