Exploring the relationship between dietary patterns and obesity among Nigerian adults

A cross-sectional study

Bibliographic Data

ID15369253
AuthorsAsaolu Segun (Southern Medical University), Bo Zhang (0000-0003-0986-0018, Southern Medical University), Abiona Modupe Mary (Southern Medical University), Dennis Kibenja (Southern Medical University), Jie Ma (0000-0003-4415-6747, Southern Medical University), Seif Said (Zanzibar University), Idowu Adeniyi, Lamin F Barrow (University of The Gambia, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume24
Issue1
Pages1319-1319
Publication date2024-05-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-024-18792-4
PMID38750540
OpenAlexW4396929113
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited46

This study reports an alarming increase in Obesity prevalence among Nigeria adults which is greatly influence by their lifestyle and eating pattern. We found out that a typical traditional food pattern was associated with a higher risk of both general and abdominal obesity, but a diverse traditional food pattern was associated to a reduced risk of general obesity

Abdominal obesity · Biostatistics · Body mass index · Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Obesity · Pathology · Poisson regression · Population · Quartile · Waist · Demography · Diet and metabolism studies · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine

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