Papua New Guinea
- Overview
- Obesity prevalence
- Contextual factors
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National obesity risk *8/10This is a composite ‘obesity risk’ score (out of 10, the highest risk) based on obesity prevalence, rate of increase, likelihood of meeting the 2025 target, treatment indicator and childhood stunting levels.Childhood obesity risk *6.5/11This is a ‘risk score’ for each country’s likelihood of having or acquiring a major childhood obesity problem during the 2020s, taking account of current prevalence levels and risk for future obesity (based on stunting among infants, maternal obesity, maternal smoking, and breastfeeding rates).
Obesity prevalence
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Obesity prevalence
Adults, 2007-2008
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 15-64 |
| Sample size: | 2944 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Papua New Guinea STEPS Survey 2007-2008 available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/PNG_2007-08_STEPS_Report.pdf (last accessed 19.10.20) |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Infants, 2009-2011
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 848843 |
| References: | Other: 2009-2010 Papua New Guinea household income and expenditure survey: Summary tables. Port Moresby: National Statistical Office, 2013 |
| Notes: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ |
| Definitions: | =>+SD |
Infants, 2005
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 924 |
| References: | NNS: Papua New Guinea 2005:National Nutrition Survey Final report. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 2009 |
| Notes: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ |
| Definitions: | =>+SD |
Infants, 1982-1983
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 27510 |
| References: | NNS: Summary results by environmental zone from the 1982/83 National Nutrition Survey of Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. Goroka, Papua New Guinea, 1992 |
| Notes: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ |
| Definitions: | =>+SD |
