Table 1.

Characteristics of 18 studies reporting the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and adolescents in Ethiopia included in the current systematic review and meta-analysis, 2018

Region	Area	Author	Publication year	Sample size	Response rate (%)	Quality score (10 pts)	Prevalence (95% CI)
Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa	Gebremichael et al. [22]	2017	463	96.9	6	12.74 (9.71,15.78)
	Bole subcity	Askal et al. [19]	2015	828	97.9	7	9.78 (7.76,11.81)
	Addis Ababa	Dessalegn and Robel [29]	2016	390	96.3	6	18.21 (14.38,22.03)
	Addis Ababa	Mulugeta et al. [30]	2016	446	97.8	6	15.25 (11.91,18.58)
	Arada subcity	Alemu et al. [23]	2014	800	100	7	9.38 (7.36,11.39)
	Addis Ababa	Yoseph et al. [16]	2014	1024	100	6	8.50 (6.79,10.20)
Amhara	Bahirdar	Tadesse et al. [21]	2017	462	97	8	6.93 (4.61,9.24)
	Gondar	Sorrie et al. [18]	2017	500	99.2	8	13.80 (10.78,16.82)
	Gondar	Gebremedhin et al. [17]	2013	791	98.9	7	5.94 (4.29,7.59)
	Bahirdar	Zelalem et al. [24]	2015	431	95.6	8	16.71 (13.18,20.23)
Dire dawa	Dire dawa	Desalew et al. [14]	2017	448	98.2	7	20.54 (16.80,24.28)
Ethiopia	Ethiopia	EDHS [55]	2011	9880	NR	7	3.00 (2.66,3.33)
Harari	Babile	Kedir Teji et al. [28]	2016	547	91	6	5.85 (3.88,7.82)
Oromia	Ambo	Mesert Yetubie et al. [25]	2010	425	NR	7	8.71 (6.03,11.39)
	Jimma	Dessalegn et al. [15]	2017	510	93.4	8	13.33 (10.38,16.28)
	Adama	Wakayo et al. [26]	2016	174	98	7	10.92 (6.29,15.55)
SNNP	Hawasa	Woldie and Belachew [20]	2014	358	100	7	10.61 (7.42,13.81)
	Hawasa	Teshome et al. [27]	2013	554	97	5	15.70 (12.67,18.73)