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Analysis of childhood overweight and obesity in Namibia using spatio-temporal quantile interval models.

The global prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in children under 5 years of age was 7% in 2012, and it is expected to rise to 11% by the year 2025. The main objective of this study was to fit spatio-temporal quantile interval regression models for childhood overweight (including obesity) in...

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Published in:Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors: Mtambo, Owen Paweni Loss, Debusho, Legesse Kassa
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 12/2/2021
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          Mtambo, Owen Paweni Loss
          Debusho, Legesse Kassa
        affil: Department of Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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          Pediatric Obesity Epidemiology
          Namibia
          Family
          Child, Preschool
          Probability
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          Child, Preschool: 2-5 years
          Child: 6-12 years
      ab: The global prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in children under 5 years of age was 7% in 2012, and it is expected to rise to 11% by the year 2025. The main objective of this study was to fit spatio-temporal quantile interval regression models for childhood overweight (including obesity) in Namibia from 2000 to 2013 using fully Bayesian inference implemented in R-INLA package in R version 3.5.1. All the available Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) datasets for Namibia since 2000 were used in this study. Significant determinants of childhood overweight (including obesity) ranged from socio-demographic factors to child and maternal factors. Child age and preceding birth interval had significant nonlinear effects on childhood overweight (including obesity). Furthermore, we observed significant spatial and temporal effects on childhood overweight (including obesity) in Namibia between 2000 and 2013. To achieve the World Health Organisation (WHO) global nutrition target 2025 in Namibia, the existing scaling-up nutrition programme and childhood malnutrition policy makers in this country may consider interventions based on socio-demographic determinants, and spatio-temporal variations presented in this paper.
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