Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices regarding Obesity among Population of Urban (Douala) and Rural (Manjo) Areas in Cameroon
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and BMI of participants according to study site.
| | Parameters | Frequency (%) | | | Douala () | Manjo () |
| | Age (years) | | ≤30 | 71.4% | 36.9% | 0.0001 | | [30-50] | 25.6% | 54.0% | | >50 | 3.0% | 9.1% | | Gender | | Men | 40.0% | 46.9% | ns | | Women | 60.0% | 53.1% | | Origin region | | Adamawa/north/far north | 5.0% | 6.8% | ns | | Centre/east/south | 23.0% | 19.1% | | Littoral/southwest | 22.0% | 34.4% | | West/northwest | 50.0% | 39.7% | | Religion | | Christian | 89.0% | 89.1% | ns | | Muslim | 8.0% | 5.9% | | Other | 3.0% | 5.0% | | Occupation | | Student | 63.0% | 30.0% | <0.0001 | | Employee | 9.0% | 20.0% | | Self-employment | 19.0% | 20.0% | | Unemployed | 9.0% | 30.0% | | Education | | Primary studies | 7.0% | 7.8% | 0,0012 | | Secondary studies | 24.0% | 52.8% | | University studies | 68.0% | 37.8% | | None | 1.0% | 1.6% | | Lifestyle | | Life alone | 18.0% | 10.9% | ns | | Life with family | 81.1% | 85.9% | | Other | 1.0% | 3.2% | | Marital status | | Single | 79.0% | 30.9% | <0.0001 | | Married | 20.0% | 65.0% | | Divorced | 0.0% | 0.9% | | Widow | 1.0% | 3.2% | | BMI | | Low weight () | 0.0% | 0.0% | <0.0001 | | Normal weight (BMI [18.5–25]) | 54.9% | 15.9% | | Overweight (BMI [25–30]) | 30.0% | 34.1% | | Obesity () | 14.1% | 50.0% |
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