Abstract
Background
Nowadays, overweight is one of the major human health concerns in all developed, developing, and underdeveloped nations. Women belonging to the reproductive age group with overweight syndrome always remain at higher risk and susceptible to multifaceted short- and long-term adverse health consequences for themselves as well as for their children.
Methods
A total of 256,226 ever married reproductive age group women were included in this study. The women whose BMI cut-off is above 25 kg/m2 were considered as over-weighted women. Descriptive statistics along with bivariate association and multivariable logistic regression analysis were performed to examine the likelihood of household and individual-level factors on overweight syndrome among the reproductive age group of women in India.
Result
The prevalence of overweight phenomena among reproductive age group women is nearly 15% in India. Odds of being overweight were higher among the women who reside at urban areas (AOR: 1.22; P: < 0.001; 95% CI: 1.19–1.26), belonging from non-Hindu communities (AOR: 1.48; P: < 0.001; 95% CI: 1.43–1.53) and living with high standard of life and highly educated (AOR: 1.69; P: < 0.001; 95% CI: 1.61–1.77). Family size (AOR: 0.93; P: < 0.001; 95% CI: 0.91–0.94) and no. of living children is negatively associated with overweight phenomena.
Conclusion
In recent years, the prevalence of overweight syndrome among reproductive women is significantly increasing in India. Necessary intervention and strategies such as health education, awareness programme and regular monitoring of the nutritional status must be encouraged with urgent care to accomplish the overweight phenomena.
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Abbreviations
- UOR:
-
Unadjusted odds ratio
- AOR:
-
Adjusted odds ratio
- BMI:
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Body mass index
- CI:
-
Confidence interval
- DHS:
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Demographic Health Survey
- NFHS:
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National Family Health survey
- WHO:
-
World Health Organisation
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Das, P., Das, T. & Roy, T.B. Overweight Syndrome, a Deviation from Normalcy: a Multiple Risk Factor Analysis Among Reproductive Age Group (15–49) Women in Indian Context. Glob Soc Welf 9, 157–167 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-021-00221-8
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