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  • Published on: 28 March 2019
    Developing obesity prevention policy in Nigeria: what do we need to know?
    • Emma Bence, Student University of New South Wales
    • Other Contributors:
      • Robyn Richmond, Professor of Public Health/Associate Dean

    Dear Editor,

    We read with interest the paper ‘Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of adult obesity: a large representative household survey in a resource-constrained African setting with double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition’(1). Chigbu et al., (2018) provide valuable data on obesity prevalence among adults in Enugu State in Nigeria and recommend using their information for the development of Nigerian obesity prevention policy (1). However, the authors do not explore the limitations of their data when recommending its use for development of health policy. We focus our discussion on the limitations of this data.

    Firstly, Chigbu et al collected data in Enugu State, which is only one of 36 states in Nigeria and the obesity prevalence is likely to differ in other states (2). Kandala and Stranges (2017) reported obesity prevalence among women in Nigeria varies considerably between states (2). South-eastern states of Nigeria generally have higher female obesity rates than northern and western states (2). We recommend that the differences in obesity prevalence across Nigeria be considered when using the data in Enugu State to inform obesity prevention policy.

    Secondly, they have collected anthropometric measurements and sociodemographic information, but not nutrition and physical activity data. Overnutrition and physical activity data is important for obesity prevention and research on this is limited in Nigeria. The Demographic Health S...

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