Table 5.
Obese mom/child UW | Obese mother/stunted child | Obese mother/wasted child | |
---|---|---|---|
Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) | |
Benin 2004 | 0.18 | 1.64 | .00 |
Burkina Faso 2003 | 0.00 | 0.84 | .20 |
Cameroon 2004 | - | - | - |
Congo 2005 | 0.42 | 1.51 | 0.33 |
Gabon 2000 | 0.47 | 1.18 | 0.18 |
Ghana 2003 | 2.75 | 2.88 | 0.51 |
Ghana 2008 | 0.58 | 0.74 | 0.31 |
Guinea 2003 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.37 |
Kenya 2003 | 1.15 | 1.67 | 0.32 |
Kenya 2008 | - | - | - |
Lesotho 2004 | 2.12 | 4.86 | 0.68 |
Lesotho 2009 | 1.66 | 4.35 | 0.28 |
Liberia 2007 | 0.83 | 1.31 | 0.17 |
Madagascar 2003 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
Malawi 2000 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 0.00 |
Mali 2001 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.15 |
Mali 2006 | 0.88 | 1.01 | 0.51 |
Mozambique 2003 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.00 |
Namibia 2007 | 1.35 | 1.89 | 0.51 |
Niger 2008 | 0.37 | 0.54 | 0.11 |
Nigeria 2003 | 0.73 | 1.51 | 0.59 |
Nigeria 2008 | 1.08 | 1.81 | 0.63 |
Rwanda 2000 | 0.24 | 0.49 | 0.00 |
Sao Tome 2009 | 2.38 | 4.29 | 1.31 |
Senegal 2005 | 0.51 | 0.69 | 0.30 |
Sierra Leone 2006 | 2.22 | 2.89 | 1.00 |
Swaziland 2006 | 9.50 | 4.47 | 4.30 |
Tanzania 2005 | 2.90 | 0.66 | 0.11 |
Tanzania 2010 | 4.90 | 0.81 | 0.00 |
Uganda 2006 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 0.10 |
Zambia 2002 | 0.23 | 0.57 | 0.00 |
Zambia 2007 | 0.34 | 0.94 | 0.00 |
Zimbabwe 2005 | 0.46 | 1.37 | 0.23 |
Mean all countries: | 0.50 | 0.98 | 0.24 |
Mean urban: | 0.92 | 1.79 | 0.50 |
Mean some secondary | 0.93 | 1.46 | 0.59 |
Education: |
Maternal obesity defined as having a BMI ≥30 m/kg2. Child stunting was defined as having a height-for-age Z score < -2 SD, underweight (UW) was having a weight-for-age Z score < -2 SD and wasting was having a weight-for-height Z score < -2SD.