Population-based prevalence studies on overweight and obesity in Africa
| Obesity (%) | Overweight (%) | Abdominal obesity (%) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Country | Sample | Sampling | Setting | Age (years) | Overall | Men | Women | Overall | Men | Women | Overall | Men | Women |
| Fouda55 | Cameroon | 552 | Random | Urban | 34.5 | 23.4 | 17.8 | 36.1 | 49.1 | 51.7 | 43.2 | 35.2 | 19.8 | 69.8 |
| Sani56 | Nigeria | 300 | Convenient | Urban | 37.6 | 21.3 | 10.9 | 29.2 | 32 | – | – | 43.7 | 12.4 | 67.3 |
| Ejike28 | Nigeria | 1584 | Random | Urban | 21.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 19.4 | 17.1 | 22.3 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 16.1 |
| Ejim13 | Nigeria | 858 | Random | Rural | 59.8 | 30 | 21.1 | 33.6 | – | – | – | 31 | 2.4 | 42.6 |
| Wahab57 | Nigeria | 300 | Convenient | Urban | – | 21 | 9.3 | 29.8 | 53.3 | 41.9 | 62 | – | – | – |
| Okafor29 | Nigeria | 898 | Random | Urban | 48.7 | 21.2 | – | – | 40.4 | – | – | 66.5 | – | – |
| Mkhonto58 | South Africa | 532 | Convenient | Rural | 45.9 | 24.4 | 9.6 | 29.6 | 26.1 | 17.7 | 29.0 | – | – | – |
| Malaza41 | South Africa | 14 198 | Convenient | Rural | >15 | 45.7 | 15.9 | 45.7 | 23.3 | 31.3 | 4.9 | – | – | – |
| Baragou16 | Togo | 2000 | Random | Urban | 39 | 25.2 | 16.7 | 32.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mayega27 | Uganda | 1656 | Random | Rural | 44 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 1.4 | 24.5 |
| Rudatsikira59 | Zambia | 1928 | Random | Urban | – | 14.3 | 5.1 | 18.6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |