Honduras
- Overview
- Obesity prevalence
- Trends over time
- 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 *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
Trends over time
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Obesity prevalence
Women, 2011-2012
Survey type: | Measured |
Age: | 15-49 |
Sample size: | 20803 |
Area covered: | National |
References: | Secretaría de Salud - SS/Honduras, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE/Honduras and ICF International. 2013. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2011-2012. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SS, INE and ICF. |
Notes: | Demographic Health Survey data includes ever married women aged 15-49 years only and may include 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. |
Women, 2005-2006
Survey type: | Measured |
Age: | 15-49 |
Sample size: | 17856 |
Area covered: | National |
References: | Secretaría de Salud - SS/Honduras, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE/Honduras and Macro International. 2006. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2005-2006. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SS, INE and Macro International. |
Notes: | Other married women 15 - 49 years |
Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². |
Women, 1996
Survey type: | Measured |
Age: | 15-49 |
Sample size: | 885 |
Area covered: | National |
References: | Montorell R, Khan LK, Hughes ML and Grummer Strawn lm. (2000). Obesity in women from developing countries. EJCN 54: 247 - 252. |
Notes: | Other married women 15 - 49 years. 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, 2012
Survey type: | Self-reported |
Age: | 13-15 |
Sample size: | 1779 |
Area covered: | National |
References: | Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/Honduras_2012_GSHS_FS.pdf?ua=1 (last accessed 25.11.20) |
Cutoffs: | WHO |
Children, 2011-2012
Survey type: | Measured |
Age: | 0-5 |
Sample size: | 10167 |
Area covered: | National |
References: | Secretaría de Salud - SS/Honduras, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE/Honduras and ICF International. 2013. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2011-2012. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SS, INE and ICF International. https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR274/FR274.pdf (22.06.21) |
Notes: | Infants |
Definitions: | Overweight and obesity = Height for weight > 2SD |
Cutoffs: | Other |
Girls, 2011-2012
Survey type: | Measured |
Age: | 15-19 |
Sample size: | 3816 |
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. Cayemittes, Michel, Michelle Fatuma Busangu, Jean de Dieu Bizimana, Bernard Barrère, Blaise Sévère, Viviane Cayemittes and Emmanuel Charles. 2013. Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services, Haïti, 2012. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population - MSPP/Haïti , l’Institut Haïtien de l’Enfance - IHE, and ICF International.al. |
Definitions: | BMI for age: between +1 SD and +2 SD is overweight and greater than +2 SD is obesity |
Cutoffs: | WHO 2007 |
% Adults living with obesity, 1996-2012
Survey type: | Measured |
References: | 1996: Montorell R, Khan LK, Hughes ML and Grummer Strawn lm. (2000). Obesity in women from developing countries. EJCN 54: 247 - 252. 2005: Secretaría de Salud - SS/Honduras, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE/Honduras and Macro International. 2006. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2005-2006. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SS, INE and Macro International. 2011: Secretaría de Salud - SS/Honduras, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE/Honduras and ICF International. 2013. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2011-2012. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SS, INE and ICF. |
Notes: | Adults aged 15-49 |
Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Different methodologies may have been used to collect this data and so data from different surveys may not be strictly comparable. Please check with original data sources for methodologies used. |
% Adults living with obesity, 1996-2012
Survey type: | Measured |
References: | 1996: Montorell R, Khan LK, Hughes ML and Grummer Strawn lm. (2000). Obesity in women from developing countries. EJCN 54: 247 - 252. 2005: Secretaría de Salud - SS/Honduras, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE/Honduras and Macro International. 2006. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2005-2006. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SS, INE and Macro International. 2011: Secretaría de Salud - SS/Honduras, Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE/Honduras and ICF International. 2013. Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Demografía 2011-2012. Tegucigalpa, Honduras: SS, INE and ICF. |
Notes: | Adults aged 15-49 |
Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Different methodologies may have been used to collect this data and so data from different surveys may not be strictly comparable. Please check with original data sources for methodologies used. |