Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey
| dc.contributor.author | Puoane, Thandi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Steyn, Krisela | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bradshaw, Debbie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laubscher, Ria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fourie, Jean | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lambert, Vicki | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mbanangwa, Nolwazi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-21T10:37:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-12-21T10:37:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.description.abstract | To ascertain the anthropometric profile and determinants of obesity in South Africans who participated in the Demographic and Health Survey in 1998. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A sample of 13,089 men and women (age, _15 years) were randomly selected and then stratified by province and urban and nonurban areas. Height, weight, mid-upper arm circumference, and waist and hip circumference were measured. Body mass index (BMI) was used as an indicator of obesity, and the waist/hip ratio (WHR) was used as an indicator of abdominal obesity. Multivariate regression identified sociodemographic predictors of BMI and waist circumference in the data. RESULTS: Mean BMI values for men and women were 22.9 kg/m2 and 27.1 kg/m2, respectively. For men, 29.2% were overweight or obese (_25 kg/m2) and 9.2% had abdominal obesity (WHR _1.0), whereas 56.6% of women were overweight or obese and 42% had abdominal obesity (WHR _0.85). Underweight (BMI _18.5 kg/m2) was found in 12.2% of men and 5.6% of women. For men, 19% of the variation of BMI and 34% of the variation in waist circumference could be explained by age, level of education, population group, and area of residence. For women, these variables explained 16% of the variation of BMI and 24% of the variation in waist circumference. Obesity increased with age, and higher levels of obesity were found in urban African women. DISCUSSION: Overnutrition is prevalent among adult South Africans, particularly women. Determinants of overnutrition include age, level of education, ethnicity, and area of residence. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | South African National Department of Health, the medical Research Council of South Africa and United States Agency for International Development | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Puoane, T., et al. (2002). Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey. Obesity, 10 (10): 1038-1048 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1930-7381 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/291 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | true | |
| dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright retained by Authors. | |
| dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/oby.2002.141 | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
| dc.subject | Body Mass Index (BMI) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Waist-to-hip ratio | en_US |
| dc.subject | Obesity | en_US |
| dc.subject | Developing countries | en_US |
| dc.title | Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |