Open AccessPrevalence and Correlates of Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors Among Regular Street Food Consumers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Author(s) -
Gibson B. Kagaruki,
Michael Johnson Mahande,
Godfather Kimaro,
Esther Ngadaya,
Mary Mayige T,
Majige Selemani,
Lindsay M. Jaacks,
Shabbar Jaffar,
Sayoki G Mfinanaga,
Bassirou Bonfoh
Publication year - 2021
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.s287999
Subject(s) - medicine , tanzania , overweight , demography , anthropometry , odds ratio , poisson regression , environmental health , obesity , logistic regression , confidence interval , cross sectional study , population , geography , environmental planning , pathology , sociology
Regular street food consumers (RSFCs) in Africa are at an increased risk of unhealthy eating practices, which have been associated with intermediate risk factors of cardio-metabolic diseases. However, knowledge of the magnitude and correlates of these risk factors is limited in Tanzania. This study aimed to fill this gap using data collected from RSFCs in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania.