Research Article

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight and Obesity among High School Adolescents in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Factors associated with overweight and obesity among high school adolescents at Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia.

CharacteristicsOverweight/obesityCrude odds ratio (95% CI)Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
YesNo

Age in years
10–144 (23.5%)13 (76.5%)0.45 (0.14, 1.41)0.37 (0.11, 1.29)
15–1961 (12.1%)444 (87.9%)11

Religion
Orthodox46 (10.8%)379 (89.2%)11
Muslim17 (19.1%)72 (80.9%)0.51 (0.28, 0.95)0.58 (0.31, 1.10)
Protestant2 (25.%)6 (75.0%)0.36 (0.07, 1.86)0.33 (0.06, 1.79)

Transportation type
Bicycle4 (5.6%)67 (94.4%)2.26 (0.78, 6.52)1.88 (0.64, 5.52)
Motor cycle5 (33.3%)10 (66.7%)0.27 (0.09, 0.83)0.45 (0.13, 1.51)
Automobile15 (16.5%)76 (83.5%)0.68 (0.36, 1.29)0.84 (0.41, 1.72)
Foot41 (11.9%)304 (88.1%)11

School type
Government47 (10.9%)384 (89.1%)11
Private18 (19.8%)73 (80.2%)0.49 (0.27, 0.90)0.78 (0.33, 1.81)

Learning hour
≤7 hours/day53 (11.4%)411 (88.6%)11
>7 hours/day12 (20.7%)46 (79.3%)0.49 (0.25, 0.99)0.68 (0.29, 1.59)

Father occupation
Farmer10 (14.7%)58 (85.3%)11
Daily labour9 (24.3%)28 (75.7%)0.54 (0.19, 1.47)0.55 (0.17, 1.78)
Merchant19 (11.3%)149 (88.7%)1.35 (0.59, 3.08)1.99 (0.76, 5.22)
Self-employee11 (16.7%)55 (80.3%)0.86 (0.34, 2.19)1.12 (0.40, 3.13)
Government employee16 (8.7%)167 (91.3%)1.80 (0.77, 4.19)1.16 (0.43, 2.91)

Mother occupation
Housewife44 (16.5%)222 (83.5%)11
Daily labour3 (12.0%)22 (88.0%)1.45 (0.42, 5.07)1.51 (0.43, 5.33)
Merchant13 (14.3%)78 (85.7%)1.19 (0.61, 2.33)1.25 (0.64, 2.47)
Self-employee2 (4.7%)41 (95.3%)4.06 (0.95, 17.42)4.57 (1.06, 19.78)
Government employee3 (3.1%)94 (96.9%)6.21 (1.88, 20.49)6.49 (1.96, 21.54)

Wealth status
Poor21 (12.7%)144 (87.3%)11
Medium15 (8.5%)162 (91.5%)1.57 (0.78, 3.17)1.5 (0.72, 3.14)
Rich29 (16.1%)151 (83.9%)0.76 (0.41, 1.39)0.89 (0.45, 1.81)

School feeding habit
Yes30 (18.5%)132 (81.5%)0.47 (0.28, 0.80)0.44 (0.26, 0.76)
No35 (9.7%)325 (90.3%)11

Significant at value of ≤0.05.