Media use and excess body weight among women in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

摘要: Objectives To investigate the (1) time trends in body mass index (BMI) and (2) relationship between media use weight status among adult women Nigeria. We hypothesise that higher frequency of is associated with likelihood being overweight obesity women. Study design Cross-sectional. Setting Urban rural settings Participants Adult non-pregnant aged 15 49 years. Methods Data were derived from Nigeria Demographic Health Surveys conducted 2003, 2008 2013. The outcome variable was excess (overweight obesity), main explanatory variables reading newspaper, listening to radio television (TV) viewing. Datasets merged perform pooled analysis, analysed using bivariate multivariable regression techniques. Results Of 69 401 participants, 16.2% had a BMI 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 (95% CI 15.8 16.6) 6.6% >30 kg/m2 6.3 6.9). Between 2003 2013, prevalence increased by 4.1%, 2.2%. Overall, most popular followed TV newspaper. Respectively, 15.6% 11.7% reported almost every day 30.6% 25.1% at least once week. In watching week with, respectively, 1.6 1.2 times odds overweight, 2.7 1.5 obese compared those who never used radio. Similarly, significant associations observed for newspaper as well. Conclusion noticeably high Nigerian has been increasing steadily over past decade. A statistically association exists TV. Further studies are required develop better understanding mechanisms underlie this relationship.