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  • Prevalenza tal-obeżità
  • Contextual factors
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Prevalenza tal-obeżità

Adulti, 2017

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:20-55
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:7506
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi:Lin JJ, Morey F, Wu HY, Yang JY, Peng YS, Mendez D, Chebat M. Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease in Belize: A Population-based Survey. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2021 Jul 17;1:100013. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100013. PMID: 36776754; PMCID: PMC9903977.
Noti:Obesity data only
Sakemm ma jiġix indikat mod ieħor, il-piż żejjed jirreferi għal BMI bejn 25kg u 29.9kg/m², l-obeżità tirreferi għal BMI akbar minn 30kg/m².

Adulti, 2003-2006

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:20+
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:1622
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi:The Central America Diabetes Initiative (CAMDI): Survey of Diabetes, Hypertension and Chronic Disease Risk Factors. Belize, San José, San Salvador, Guatemala City, Managua and Tegucigalpa Washington, D.C.: PAHO, 2011
Sakemm ma jiġix indikat mod ieħor, il-piż żejjed jirreferi għal BMI bejn 25kg u 29.9kg/m², l-obeżità tirreferi għal BMI akbar minn 30kg/m².

Tfal, 2018

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:6-12
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:588
Erja Koperta:Reġjonali
Referenzi:Kirin Rambaran, Surujpal Teelucksingh, Sesh Gowrie Sankar, Michael Boyne, Godfrey Xuereb, Ambra Giorgetti & Michael B. Zimmermann (2020) High prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in ten Caribbean countries: 2018 cross-sectional data and a narrative review of trends in Trinidad and Tobago, Child and Adolescent Obesity, DOI: 10.1080/2574254X.2020.1847632
Noti:Not nationally representative but a cluster sampling strategy was used to obtain data across the varying geographical and socioeconomic areas of the country. Students with a history of major medical illnesses (such as malignancy, diabetes mellitus, asthma, thyroid disease, haemoglobinopathies, or congenital genetic disorders), or those taking chronic medications for such diseases were excluded from the study. Note that this study has a small sample size.
Cutoffs:WHO

Tfal, 2011

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Irrappurtat mill-persuna nnifisha
Età:13-15
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:2122
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi:Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/2011_GSHS_FS_Belize.pdf?ua=1 (available at 25.11.20)
Cutoffs:WHO

0-5 years, 2015-2016

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:2397
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi:Statistical Institute of Belize and UNICEF Belize. 2017. Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2015-2016, Final Report. Belmopan, Belize: Statistical Institute of Belize and UNICEF Belize. https://www.unicef.org/belize/media/936/file/Multiple%20indicator%20cluster%20survey.pdf (Accessed 15.06.21)
Noti:Infants.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):Weight for Height. Overweight or obesity = >2SD
Cutoffs:Other

0-5 years, 2015-2016

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:2397
Referenzi:MICS: Belize Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2015-2016, Final Report. Belmopan, Belize: Statistical Institute of Belize and UNICEF Belize.
Noti: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/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2011

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:1768
Referenzi:MICS: Belize multiple indicator cluster survey 2011 (MICS). Belize city, Belize: SIB and UNICEF, 2012
Noti: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/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2006

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:690
Referenzi:MICS: Multiple indicator cluster survey Belize, 2006. UNICEF
Noti: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/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

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