Prevalence of Overweight and Obese Individuals Attending a Health Fair in Dominica
Keywords:
Prevalence, Overweight, Obesity, Body mass index, BMI, Health Fair, All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica.Abstract
Global research of overweight and obese individuals is excruciatingly high. Records show over 1 billion presently overweight while 400 million are obese. Among these figures 2.8 million die annually. This is because increase in body mass index could lead to more cases of disability-adjusted life year, causing incidence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular crisis and other peculiar cancer cases like breast and colon cancer. With limited literature available on such matters among the Caribbean population, this study aims at providing some data by reporting current distribution of overweight and obese individuals in Dominica during a health fair. A total of 260 individuals volunteered. A total of 19 (7.39%), 81 (31.52%), 82 (31.91%), 75 (29.18%) presented as underweight, normal, overweight and obese respectively. This study thus emphasizes on the need for intervention in handling increasing cases of overweight and obese locals in Dominica.
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Halari, M. M., Halari, C. D., Otohinoyi, D. A., & Akpore, O. J. (2016). Prevalence of Overweight and Obese Individuals Attending a Health Fair in Dominica. American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences, 20(1), 44–51. Retrieved from https://asrjetsjournal.org/index.php/American_Scientific_Journal/article/view/1701
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