Open AccessSocioeconomic factors associated with overweight and obesity: A case study among adult people of Bangladesh
Author(s) -
KC Bhuyan,
Md. Mortuza Ahmmed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the aiub journal of science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2520-4890
pISSN - 1608-3679
DOI - 10.53799/ajse.v16i2.78
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , marital status , socioeconomic status , body mass index , residence , medicine , gerontology , demography , diabetes mellitus , environmental health , population , sociology , endocrinology
The analysis is done using the data collected from 785 adults of randomly selected families of 207 students of American International University - Bangladesh. The respondents are classified by levels of Body Mass Index (BMI). Among the respondents 86.4% are in the obese and overweight group and the prevalence of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and diabetes are higher among them. The important variables for the higher prevalence of overweight and obesity are residence, age, occupation, marital status and income. The obesity is more among the urban people. It is also more among aged persons, service and retired persons. The prevalence of diabetes is more among obese and overweight group of respondents.