Table 1: Participants'.
sociodemographic characteristics among children and adolescents according to overweightorobesity status
| Characteristics/variables | Categories | Childhood overweight/obesity | P value | |
| Yes, n (%) | No. 1 (%) | |||
| Age group of the children and adolescents | 5–12 years | 108 (59.3) | 202 (44.9) | 0.001 |
| 13–18 years | 74 (40.7) | 248 (55.1) | ||
| Sex of children and adolescents | Male | 85 (46.7) | 221 (49.1) | 0.583 |
| Female | 97 (53.3) | 229 (50.9) | ||
| Sex of household head | Male | 140 (76.9) | 341 (75.8) | 0.760 |
| Female | 42 (23.1) | 109 (24.2) | ||
| Age group of household head | <40 years | 22 (30.2) | 176 (39.1) | 0.036 |
| ≥40 years | 127 (69.8) | 274 (60.9) | ||
| Maternal education | Illiterate | 63 (34.6) | 180 (40) | 0.208 |
| literate | 119 (65.4) | 270 (60) | ||
| Maternal occupation | Unemployed | 50 (27.5) | 161 (35.8) | 0.011 |
| Private business | 30 (16.5) | 96 (21.3) | ||
| Employed | 102 (56.0) | 193 (42.9) | ||
| The marital status of the respondents | Married | 153 (84.1) | 379 (84.2) | 0.747 |
| Divorced | 17 (9.34) | 33 (7.3) | ||
| Widowed | 10 (5.49) | 32 (7.1) | ||
| Separated | 2 (1.10) | 6 (1.3) | ||
| Household wealth index | Poorest | 28 (15.6) | 98 (22.1) | <0.001 |
| Poorer | 32 (17.8) | 92 (20.7) | ||
| Middle | 35 (19.4) | 117 (26.3) | ||
| Richer | 31 (17.2) | 67 (15.1) | ||
| Richest | 54 (30.0) | 70 (15.8) | ||