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High Prevalence of OverweightObesity in Urban Sri Lanka: Findings from the Colombo Urban Study
المؤلفون المشاركون
Ranathunga, I.
Somasundaram, Noel
Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith
Gunawardana, Kavinga
Ahamed, Muneer
Antonypillai, C. N.
Kalupahana, Nishan
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2019، العدد 2019 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2019)، ص ص. 1-9، 9ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2019-11-22
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
South Asian countries face a double burden of malnutrition characterized by high prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity.
Understanding the distribution of this public health problem is important to tailor targeted interventions for communities.
The objective of the current study was to find out the prevalence of obesity in urban Sri Lanka and to identify sociodemographic factors associated with it.
Methods.
Adult males and females residing in an urban government division of the Colombo District in Sri Lanka were included in this study (Colombo Urban Study).
Stratified simple random sampling was used to select a sample of 463 from the total population.
Sociodemographic data using an interviewer-administered questionnaire, anthropometric measurements, and serum samples were obtained for investigations.
Results.
When the global BMI cutoffs were applied, the community prevalences of underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity were 7.7%, 39.6%, 37.0%, and 15.8%, respectively.
When the Asian BMI cutoffs were applied, the respective prevalences were 7.7%, 26.8%, 34.3%, and 31.2%.
The community prevalence for abdominal obesity was 58.1% when using Asian cutoffs.
Females had a higher prevalence of both obesity and abdominal obesity.
There was an ethnic difference in obesity rates with Moors having the highest rates (65.5%) followed by Sinhalese (52.3%) and Tamils (40.2%).
The highest obesity prevalence was observed in the most educated group.
Multiple regression analysis showed that high BMI was associated with female gender and family history of hypertension.
Serum LDL negatively associated with BMI while the strength of this relationship was impacted by serum HBA1c levels.
Finally, serum triglyceride level showed positive association with BMI, and the effect was more marked in Moors compared to Sinhalese.
Conclusion.
Two-thirds of adults in the studied urban population were overweight or obese.
This highlights the urgent need for interventions to curb this epidemic.
The gender, ethnic differences in obesity, its associations with educational status, and the interactions with metabolic comorbidities indicate that these interventions may need to be targeted towards different groups in the population.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Somasundaram, Noel& Ranathunga, I.& Gunawardana, Kavinga& Ahamed, Muneer& Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith& Antonypillai, C. N.…[et al.]. 2019. High Prevalence of OverweightObesity in Urban Sri Lanka: Findings from the Colombo Urban Study. Journal of Diabetes Research،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1172776
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Somasundaram, Noel…[et al.]. High Prevalence of OverweightObesity in Urban Sri Lanka: Findings from the Colombo Urban Study. Journal of Diabetes Research No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1172776
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Somasundaram, Noel& Ranathunga, I.& Gunawardana, Kavinga& Ahamed, Muneer& Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith& Antonypillai, C. N.…[et al.]. High Prevalence of OverweightObesity in Urban Sri Lanka: Findings from the Colombo Urban Study. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1172776
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1172776
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