Open Access<p>Magnitude of Central Obesity and its Associated Factors Among Adults in Urban Areas of Northwest Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Meseret Derbew Molla,
Haileab Fekadu Wolde,
Asmamaw Atnafu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s279837
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , obesity , overweight , odds ratio , abdominal obesity , body mass index , demography , confidence interval , waist–hip ratio , waist to height ratio , logistic regression , circumference , cross sectional study , public health , environmental health , geometry , mathematics , nursing , pathology , sociology
Obesity is becoming one of the most common public health problems worldwide. In particular, central obesity which indicates abnormal fat accumulation in the abdominal regions is highly associated with the risk of getting cardiometabolic diseases and their progression to end stage diseases or death. However, in developing countries, including Ethiopia less attention has been given to analyze the magnitude and associated factors of it. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of central obesity and its associated factors among adults in urban areas of Northwest Ethiopia.