Childhood obesity in urban Ghana : evidence from a cross-sectional survey of in-school children aged 5–16 years
| dc.contributor.author | Ganle, John K. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Boakye, Priscilla P. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Baatiema, Leonard | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-02T06:00:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-12-02T06:00:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-11-26 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-12-01T04:29:58Z | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Ganle, J. K., Boakye, P. P. & Baatiema, L. 2019. Childhood obesity in urban Ghana : evidence from a cross-sectional survey of in-school children aged 5–16 years. BMC Public Health, 19:1561, doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7898-3. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Childhood obesity is a growing public health concern in many low-income urban settings; but its determinants are not clear. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence of childhood obesity and associated factors among in-school children aged 5–16 years in a Metropolitan district of Ghana. Methods: A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted among a sample of 285 in-school children aged 5– 16 years. Pre-tested questionnaires and anthropometric data collection methods were used to collect data. Descriptive, bivariate, binary and multivariate logistic regression statistical techniques were used to analyse data. Results: Some 46.9% (42.2% for males and 51.7% for females) of the children were overweight. Of this, 21.2% were obese (BMI falls above 95th percentile). Childhood obesity was higher in private school (26.8%) than public school (21.4%), and among girls (27.2%) than boys (19%). Factors that increased obesity risks included being aged 11–16 as against 5–10 years (aOR = 6.07; 95%CI = 1.17–31.45; p = 0.025), having a father whose highest education is ‘secondary’ (aOR =2.97; 95% CI = 1.09–8.08; p = 0.032), or ‘tertiary’ (aOR = 3.46; 95% CI = 1.27–9.42; p = 0.015), and consumption of fizzy drinks most days of the week (aOR = 2.84; 95% CI = 1.24–6.52; p = 0.014). Factors that lowered obesity risks included engaging in sport at least 3times per week (aOR = 0.56; 95% CI = 0.33–0.96; p = 0.034), and sleeping for more than 8 h per day (aOR = 0.38; 95% CI = 0.19–0.79; p = 0.009). Conclusion: Higher parental (father) educational attainment and frequent consumption of fizzy drinks per week may increase obesity risks among in-school children aged 5–16 years in the Metropolitan district of Ghana. However, regular exercise (playing sport at least 3 times per week) and having 8 or more hours of sleep per day could lower obesity risks in the same population. Age and sex-appropriate community and school-based interventions are needed to promote healthy diet selection and consumption, physical activity and healthy life styles among in-school children. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7898-3 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 12 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ganle, J. K., Boakye, P. P. & Baatiema, L. 2019. Childhood obesity in urban Ghana : evidence from a cross-sectional survey of in-school children aged 5–16 years. BMC Public Health, 19:1561, doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7898-3 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7898-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106891 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | BMC (part of Springer Nature) | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Obesity in children -- Ghana | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Exercise for children -- Health aspects | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Sleep -- Health aspects | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Childhood obesity in urban Ghana : evidence from a cross-sectional survey of in-school children aged 5–16 years | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |