Table 3.
Analysis of trends in overweight and obesity for countries with three data points
| Country | p Value | Nature of trend | |||
| Senegal | 1993 | 2005 | 2010 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 18.8 | 21.9 | 21.6 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 16.3, 21.6 | 17.0, 27.6 | 18.2, 25.4 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 8.5 | 12.8 | 15.2 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 6.7, 10.8 | 9.5, 17.1 | 11.9, 19.3 | ||
| Ivory Coast | 1994 | 1998 | 2011 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 18.4 | 18.8 | 24.9 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 16.1, 20.8 | 16.1, 21.7 | 21.4, 28.8 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 6.9 | 9.0 | 11.8 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 5.1, 9.2 | 7.1, 11.4 | 9.1, 15.1 | ||
| Cameroon | 1998 | 2004 | 2011 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 24.7 | 27.0 | 26.7 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 21.3, 28.3 | 23.8, 30.5 | 23.9, 29.3 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 9.3 | 10.9 | 16.1 | >0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 6.7, 12.8 | 8.9, 13.4 | 14.1, 18.4 | ||
| Ethiopia | 2000 | 2005 | 2011 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 9.5 | 11.7 | 12.5 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 6.9, 12.9 | 7.5, 18.0 | 9.2, 16.8 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 0.5, 1.7 | 1.5, 5.8 | 2.3, 5.4 | ||
| Guinea | 1999 | 2005 | 2012 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 18.2 | 17.8 | 25.4 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 15.7, 21.0 | 14.3, 22.0 | 20.9, 30.4 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 6.2 | 7.9 | 9.4 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 4.8, 7.9 | 4.6, 13.3 | 6.9, 12.8 | ||
| Lesotho | 2004 | 2009 | 2014 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 32.0 | 30.0 | 29.7 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 25.3, 39.5 | 23.3, 37.7 | 22.9, 37.4 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 21.9 | 25.8 | 20.3 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 15.5, 30.0 | 20.1, 32.4 | 14.7, 27.4 | ||
| Madagascar | 1997 | 2003 | 2008 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 7.3 | 8.3 | 10.5 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 5.2, 10.1 | 6.6, 10.5 | 8.1, 13.5 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 1.1 | 3.4 | 1.9 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 0.5, 2.6 | 2.4, 4.8 | 1.0, 3.5 | ||
| Mozambique | 1997 | 2003 | 2011 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 11.1 | 15.1 | 16.0 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 8.4, 14.6 | 13.1, 19.1 | 14.1, 18.2 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 4.0 | 3.2 | 6.3 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 2.3, 6.9 | 2.0, 5.1 | 4.7, 8.6 | ||
| Nigeria | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 19.7 | 24.3 | 25.2 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 15.2, 25.1 | 22.6, 26.1 | 23.4, 27.1 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 11.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 8.3, 15.6 | 9.7, 12.5 | 10.3, 12.7 | ||
| Namibia | 1992 | 2006 | 2013 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 21.4 | 22.6 | 21.5 | >0.05 | → |
| (95% CI) | 17.9, 25.4 | 19.2, 26.5 | 18.0, 25.4 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 12.7 | 18.9 | 18.6 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 10.3, 15.6 | 16.1, 22.1 | 15.2, 22.5 | ||
| Chad | 1996 | 2004 | 2014 | ||
| Overweight | |||||
| (%) | 10.4 | 14.9 | 16.6 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 9.6,11.4 | 12.4, 17.7 | 13.9, 19.6 | ||
| Obesity | |||||
| (%) | 3.8 | 5.7 | 6.5 | <0.05 | ↗ |
| (95% CI) | 2.9,4.1 | 3.9, 8.4 | 4.8, 8.7 |
p denotes significance level.
↗, increasing; ↘, decreasing; →, stable.