Dominican Republic
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- Obesity prevalence
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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 *7/11This 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, 2013
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 15-49 |
| Sample size: | 18558 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos - CESDEM/República Dominicana and ICF International, 2014. Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud 2013. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM/República Dominicana and ICF International. (In Spanish) |
| Notes: | Demographic Health Survey data includes ever married women aged 15-49 years only and may include males aged 15-59. NB. Combined adult data estimated. These estimates were calculated by weighting male and female survey results. Weighting based on World Bank Population % total female 2019 (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS - accessed 06.10.20) |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Women, 1991
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 15-49 |
| Sample size: | 2163 |
| References: | Martorell R, Khan LK, Hughes ML, Grummer Strawn LM. Obesity in women from developing countries. EJCN (2000) 54;247-252 |
| Notes: | The data from this paper was sourced from the Demographic Health Survey Programme https://dhsprogram.com/ Central Statistical Office and Macro International. Calverton, Maryland, USA |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Children, 2016
| Survey type: | Self-reported |
| Age: | 13-17 |
| Sample size: | 1481 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), Factsheet available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/Dominican_Republic_2016_GSHS_FS.pdf?ua=1 (last accessed 06.11.20) |
| Cutoffs: | WHO |
Girls, 2013
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 15-19 |
| Sample size: | 1295 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Benedict, Rukundo K., Allison Schmale, and Sorrel Namaste. 2018. Adolescent Nutrition 2000-2017: DHS Data on Adolescents Age 15-19. DHS Comparative Report No. 47. Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF. Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos - CESDEM/República Dominicana and ICF International, 2014. Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud 2013. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM/República Dominicana and ICF International. (In Spanish) |
| Definitions: | BMI for age: between +1 SD and +2 SD is overweight and greater than +2 SD is obesity |
| Cutoffs: | WHO 2007 |
Children, 2013
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 3619 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demográficos - CESDEM/República Dominicana and ICF International, 2014. Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud 2013. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM/República Dominicana and ICF International. (In Spanish) |
| Notes: | Infants. |
| Definitions: | Weight for height. Overweight or obesity = >+2SD |
| Cutoffs: | Other |
