Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Ghana: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of studies included in the review.

Study no.	Authors	Publication year	Data collection years	Location^∗	Setting	Study design	Sample size	Age range of participants (years)	Definition criteria	Prevalence (%)	Quality score
1	Mohammed and Vuvor [37]	2012	Not stated	Greater Accra Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	270	5–15	WHO	Overweight: 15.8; Obesity: 10.9	6
2	Amidu et al. [38]	2013	2012/2013	Northern Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	400	6–12	US CDC	Overweight: 9.8; Obesity: 7.5	8
3	Intiful et al. [39]	2013	Not stated	Greater Accra Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	124	8–10	WHO	Overweight: 12.1; Obesity: 11.3	4
4	Kwaw et al. [40]	2013	2011/2012	Central Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	7320	11–14	WHO	Overweight: 25.9	5
5	Appiah and Laar [41]	2014	2014	Volta Region	Rural	Cross-sectional	650	10–19	WHO	Overweight: 6.9	9
6	Manyanga et al. [42]	2014	2007	Across the country	General population	Cross-sectional	6155	Not stated	WHO	Overweight: 7.7; Obesity: 1.0	8
7	Obirikorang et al. [43]	2015	2013/2014	Ashanti Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	303	6–12	US CDC	Overweight: 11.6; Obesity: 2.3	8
8	Agbozo et al. [44]	2016	2014	Volta Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	633	3–12	WHO	Overweight: 5.06	9
9	Amponsem-Boateng [45]	2017	Not stated	Ashanti Region	Rural	Cross-sectional	194	1–8	WHO	Overweight: 15.5; Obesity: 5.3	2
10	Amoh and Appiah-Brempong [25]	2017	2014/2015	Ashanti Region	Rural	Cross-sectional	306	14–19	IOTF	Overweight: 33.66; Obesity: 47.06	6
11	Aryeetey et al. [46]	2017	2009/2012	Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions	Urban	Cross-sectional	3089	9–15	WHO	Overweight: 10.3; Obesity: 4.4	9
12	Atsu et al. [23]	2017	Not stated	Across the country	General population	Cross-sectional	7550	0–5	WHO	Overweight: 1.8; Obesity: 0.7	9
13	Annan-Asare et al. [26]	2017	Not stated	Greater Accra Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	260	11–15	WHO	Obesity: 26.5	8
14	Kwabla et al. [24]	2018	2016	Eastern Region	Rural	Cross-sectional	359	5–12	WHO	Overweight: 0.8	9
15	Adom et al. [47]	2019	Not stated	Greater Accra Region	Urban	Cross-sectional	543	8–11	WHO	Overweight: 9.2; Obesity: 7.2	9
16	Gyamfi et al. [48]	2019	Not stated	Ashanti Region	Rural	Cross-sectional	1004	5–17	WHO	Overweight: 13.2; Obesity: 8.85	8

WHO–World Health Organization; US CDC: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IOTF: International Obesity Task Force.