Obesity and overweight in Bangladeshi children and adolescents: a scoping review

BMC Public Health

Dewan S Alam¹  Md Tauhidul Islam¹  Sholeh Rahman¹ 

[1] Centre for Control of Chronic Diseases (CCCD), icddr,b, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sharani, Mohakhali Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

关键词: Bangladesh;    Prevalence;    Adolescents;    Children;    Obesity;    Overweight;   

Others  :  1161313
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-70

 received in 2013-09-10, accepted in 2014-01-13,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Obesity and overweight in children and adolescents is an emerging public health concern alongside under-nutrition in low and middle income countries. Our aim was to conduct a scoping review of literature to ascertain what is known about childhood and adolescent overweight and/or obesity in Bangladesh.

Method

Using the scoping review based on York methodology, a comprehensive search of published academic articles, conference proceedings and grey literature was carried out through PubMed, BanglaJOL, Google and Google scholar limited to English-written papers. We summarized prevalence, risk factors and health outcomes of obesity/overweight in young children and adolescents aged between 0 to 19 years old in Bangladesh and highlighted use of different reference standards to measure childhood obesity.

Results

In total 21 studies met the inclusion criteria. Nearly all of the reviewed articles used data from cross sectional studies, while only two used case–control design. Overall thirteen studies (62%) were primary research and eight (38%) included secondary data. Studies indicated an increasing trend in childhood obesity over time. Prevalence ranged from less than 1% to 17.9% based on different reference standards, with higher percentage amongst urban children across different age groups and sexes.

Conclusion

This review demonstrated paucity of comprehensive literature on childhood obesity in Bangladesh, which might be explored through population-based prospective studies based on strong methodology and uniform reference standards. Sustainable and scalable preventative measures targeting high risk groups are required to avoid further rise.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Rahman et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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