Sao Tome and Principe
Lower-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 *4.5/11This 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).
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Obesity prevalence
Adults, 2019
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 25-64 |
| Sample size: | 1893 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Pengpid S, Peltzer K. Trends in bio-behavioural risk factors of non-communicable diseases among adults in Sao Tome and Principe. Front Public Health. 2023 Aug 29;11:1238348. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1238348. PMID: 37711244; PMCID: PMC10499519. |
| Notes: | Results from STEPs Survey |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Women, 2008-2009
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 15-49 |
| Sample size: | 2004 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Instituto Nacional de Estatística - INE/São Tomé e Príncipe, Ministério da Saúde, and ICF Macro. 2010. Inquérito Demográfico e Sanitário, São Tomé e Príncipe, IDS STP, 2008-2009. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INE/São Tomé. |
| 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. | |
Adults, 2008
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 25-64 |
| Sample size: | 2457 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | STEPS Survey Sao Tome & Principe 2008, available at https://extranet.who.int/ncdsmicrodata/index.php/catalog/735 (last accessed 16.10.20) |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
0-5 years, 2019
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 1810 |
| References: | MICS: Inquérito de Indicadores Múltiplos 2019, Relatório final. São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe: Instituto Nacional de Estatística e Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância |
| 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, 2019
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 1810 |
| Area covered: | National |
| References: | Sao Tome e Principe 2019 MICS Survey. https://mics-surveys-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/MICS6/West%20and%20Central%20Africa/Sao%20Tome%20and%20Principe/2019/Survey%20findings/Sao%20Tome%20e%20Principe%202019%20MICS%20Survey%20Findings%20Report_Portuguese.pdf (Accessed 17.09.21) |
| Notes: | Infants. |
| Definitions: | Weight for height. Between +2SD-3SD = Overweight. >+3SD = Obesity. |
| Cutoffs: | Other |
0-5 years, 2014
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 1935 |
| References: | MICS: Sao Tome and Principe Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014, Final Report. São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe, 2016. |
| 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 |
