Prevalence of overweight/obesity among the adult population in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ayelign Mengesha Kassie Biruk Beletew Abate Mesfine Wudu Kassaw

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is high in Ethiopia compared with previous studies. This needs large scale awareness creation campaigns and situation-based and context-specific prevention strategies.

Keyphrases

weight loss
risk factors
weight gain
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
type diabetes
physical activity
high fat diet induced
skeletal muscle