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Prevalence and determinants of adult under-nutrition in Botswana


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Author list: Letamo, Gobopamang
Navaneetham, Kannan

Publication year: 2014

Volume number: 9

Issue number: 7

URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102675



Background:Toestimatetheprevalenceanddeterminantsofadultunder-nutritioninBotswana. Methods:Across-sectionalsurveywasconductedwhereanationallyrepresentativesampleofpeopleaged20to49years wasusedfor theanalysis.Theoutcomemeasureofunder-nutritionwasmeasuredasBMI,18.5kg/m2. Results:Ofthetotalsample,19.5%ofmalesand10.1%offemaleswereunderweight(BMI,18.5kg/m2).Thewealthindex showedthat30.9%oftheadultpopulationwithlowaBMIbelongstothepoorest20%ofthehouseholdswhileonly9.6% comprisedoftherichest20%ofthehouseholds.Resultsfromlogisticregressionanalysisindicatedthatbothadultmenand womenwhohadnoeducationandbelongedtothelowsocioeconomicgrouphadastatisticallysignificantassociationwith lowBMI. Among the femaleadult population, beingyoungandnot havingwatchedTVat least onceaweekwere significantlyassociatedwithlowBMI.Forthemaleadultpopulation,beingunmarriedwassignificantlyassociatedwithlow BMI. Conclusions:Programmeinterventionsaimedat improvingthenutritionalstatusofadultscanusethesefindingstomake appropriatepolicy, toestablishbaselinesandstudynutritionalchangesover timeanditscovariates.


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