Open AccessObesity in adult Nigerians: a study of its prevalence and common primary co-morbidities in a semi-urban Mission General Hospital in South-Eastern Nigeria.
Author(s) -
Gabriel Uche Pascal Iloh,
AN Amadi,
Benjamin O. Nwankwo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v19i4.61977
Subject(s) - nigerians , medicine , obesity , body mass index , marital status , comorbidity , diabetes mellitus , lipid profile , pediatrics , gerontology , environmental health , population , endocrinology , political science , law
Obesity is socially and culturally acceptable in Nigeria and therefore not usually recognized as a medical problem. This study is aimed at determining the prevalence of obesity using body mass index (BMI) criterion and its common primary comorbidities among adult Nigerians attending a semi-urban Mission General Hospital in Imo state, SouthEastern, Nigeria.