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Background:
Obesity and overweight in children and adolescents is an emerging public health concern alongside under-
nutrition in low and middle income countries. Our aim was to conduct a scoping review of literature to ascertain what is
known about childhood and adolescent overweight and/or obesity in Bangladesh.
Method:
Using the scoping review based on York methodology, a comprehensive search of published academic articles,
conference proceedings and grey literature was carried out through PubMed, BanglaJOL, Google and Google scholar limited to
English-written papers. We summarized prevalence, risk factors and health outcomes of obesity/overweight in young children
and adolescents aged between 0 to 19 years old in Bangladesh and highlighted use of different reference standards to measure
childhood obesity.
Results:
In total 21 studies met the inclusion criteria. Nearly all of the reviewed articles used data from cross sectional studies,
while only two used case-control design. Overall thirteen studies (62%) were primary research and eight (38%) included
secondary data. Studies indicated an increasing trend in childhood obesity over time. Prevalence ranged from less than 1% to
17.9% based on different reference standards, with higher percentage amongst urban children across different age groups and
sexes.
Conclusion:
This review demonstrated paucity of comprehensive literature on childhood obesity in Bangladesh, which might
be explored through population-based prospective studies based on strong methodology and uniform reference standards.
Sustainable and scalable preventative measures targeting high risk groups are required to avoid further rise.
Biography
Sholeh Rahman is a Dental Surgeon with MPH degree from Dhaka, Bangladesh and she is working as a junior Researcher at CCCD.
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