Equatorial Guinea
Upper-middle income
- Overview
- Obesity prevalence
- Contextual factors
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National obesity risk *7/10This 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 *4/11This 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).
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Obesity prevalence
Adults, 2011
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Sample size: | 2799 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Ministerio de Sanidad y Bienestar Social, Ministerio de Economía, Planificación e Inversiones Públicas/Guinea Ecuatorial and ICF International. 2012. Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud (EDSGE-I) 2011. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Ministerio de Sanidad y Bienestar Social, Ministerio de Economía, Planificación e Inversiones Públicas/Guinea Ecuatorial and ICF International. |
| Notes: | Demographic Health Survey data includes ever married women aged 15-49 years only and includes males aged 15-59. |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
0-5 years, 2011
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 1094 |
| References: | DHS: Encuesta demográfica y de salud en Guinea Ecuatorial (EDSGE-I). Demographic and Health Surveys. Guinea Ecuatorial y Calverton, Maryland, USA: MSBS, MEPIP e ICF, 2012. |
| 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/ 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2004
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 33334 |
| References: | NNS: Nutritional status and its correlates in Equatorial Guinean preschool children: Results from a nationally representative survey. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2008;29:49-58 |
| 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/ 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2000
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 2221 |
| References: | MICS: Encuesta de indicadores multiples (MICS 2000): Informe final. Malabo, República de Guinea Educatorial:Ministerio de Planificación y Desarrollo Económico y UNICEF, 2001 |
| 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/ 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 1997
| Age: | 0-5 |
| References: | NNS: The economic and nutrition transition in Equatorial Guinea coincided with a double burden of over- and under nutrition. Economics and Human Biology 2010;8:80-87 |
| 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/ 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
