Elias Chernet, Abraham Awoke, Asrat Chernet, Yakob Tagese, Girma Daniel
School of Public Health, College of Health Science and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Ethiopia.
Department of Human Nutrition, Wolaita Zone Health Office, Sodo, Ethiopia.
Front Nutr. 2025 Jan 27;11:1475116. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1475116. eCollection 2024.
Overweight and obesity are body mass index (BMI) for age -score > +1SD and > +2SD, respectively. Despite its largest contribution to overweight/obesity, there is little attention in our country about fast-food consumption. Hence, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of overweight/obesity and its association with fast-food consumption among adolescents in Southern Ethiopia. From 14 June 2022 to 15 July 2022, a cross-sectional study design was conducted using a structured questionnaire and anthropometric measurements, with a sample size of 563. The data were coded, cleaned, and imported into EPI-INF version 7.2 before being exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. All variables with -values less than or equal to 0.25 in bivariate logistic regression were candidate variables for multivariable logistic regression. The response rate of this study was 97%. Based on BMI, the combined prevalence of overweight/obesity was 6.0% (95% CI: 4.2-8.4%). Adolescents who are female, come from high-income families, and eat fast-food frequently are more likely to be overweight or obese. Future health initiatives aimed at lowering the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents should pay special attention to female adolescents and those from high-income families.
超重和肥胖分别是年龄别体重指数（BMI）评分＞+1标准差和＞+2标准差。尽管快餐消费是我国超重/肥胖的最大影响因素，但却很少受到关注。因此，本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚南部青少年中超重/肥胖的患病率及其与快餐消费的关联。2022年6月14日至2022年7月15日，采用结构化问卷和人体测量进行横断面研究设计，样本量为563。数据在编码、清理后导入EPI-INF 7.2版本，然后导出到SPSS 25版本进行分析。在双变量逻辑回归中，所有P值小于或等于0.25的变量都是多变量逻辑回归的候选变量。本研究的应答率为97%。基于BMI，超重/肥胖的合并患病率为6.0%（95%CI：4.2-8.4%）。女性、来自高收入家庭且经常吃快餐的青少年更有可能超重或肥胖。未来旨在降低青少年超重和肥胖患病率的健康倡议应特别关注女性青少年和来自高收入家庭的青少年。
