The Prevalence Of Overweight And Obesity Among Fresh Undergraduates Of The Ebonyi State University And Federal University Of Technology Owerri, South-East Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
Globally, the burden of non-communicable disease has rapidly increased. In the year 2001, non-communicable disease accounted for 60 percent (60%) of the 56.5% million deaths worldwide and 46% of the global burden of disease (Haddad, 2003). There is also rising prevalence of overweight and obesity in both developing and developed countries (Haidar and Cosman, 2011).
Obesity and overweight have both been described as anomalous accumulation of excessive body fat which may be harmful to health, It is also defined by body mass index (BMI) and further evaluated in terms of fat distribution via waist-hip ratio and total cardio-vascular risk factors (Sweeting, 2007). There is no single cause to explain all cases of obesity and overweight but most studies implicate imbalance in the amounts of calories consumed and those expended, energy breakdown is said to be less than energy buildup. The disruption of the normal satiety feedback mechanisms, hyper insulinism, insulin resistance, and genetics are some of the bio physiological causes of obesity and overweight (Codogno et al., 2010).
Body Mass Index (BMI) is an important anthropometric index that is commonly used for body fat storage status assessment and is used for body fat determination (Paknahad, 2008). Another indicator is the waist circumference or abdominal adiposity, which is associated with excess abdominal fat and total body fat (Zimmet, 2005). Abdominal adiposity is defined as a waist circumference of ≥ 102 cm for men and ≥ 88 cm for women (Zimmet, 2005).
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