Sierra Leone
Low income
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- Prevalenza dell'obesità
- Tendenze nel tempo
- Contextual factors
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Rischio nazionale di obesità *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.Rischio di obesità infantile *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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Ripartizioni della popolazione
Fattori
Comorbilità
Cancro dell'esofago
Cancro al seno
Cancro colon-rettale
Cancro del pancreas
Cancro della colecisti
Cancro del rene
Cancro dell'utero
Aumento della pressione arteriosa
Aumento del colesterolo
Aumento della glicemia a digiuno
Prevalenza del diabete
Ovarian Cancer
Leukemia
Liver & bile duct cancer
Mulitple Myeloma
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Thyroid Cancer
Impatto economico
Politiche (disponibile solo in inglese)
Contextual factors
Prevalenza dell'obesità
Donne, 2021
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Età: | 15-49 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 10,928 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone and UNICEF Sierra Leone. (2021). Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2021. Freetown: UNICEF. https://mohs.gov.sl/download/43/publication/17237/sierra-leone-national-nutrition-survey-2021.pdf [Accessed 28.08.25] |
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Donne, 2019
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Età: | 15-49 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 6882 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | Statistics Sierra Leone Stats SL and ICF. 2020. Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019. Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Stats SL and ICF.. https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR365/FR365.pdf (Accessed 14.12.20) |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Demographic Health Survey data includes ever married women aged 15-49 years only and may include males aged 15-59. |
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Donne, 2017
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Età: | 15-49 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 6715 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2017. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Sierra%20Leone%20National%20Nutrition%20Survey%202017_Final%20Report%20-%20signed.pdf (Accessed 08.10.21) |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Non-pregnant/lactating women |
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2013
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Età: | 15-49 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 14038 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | Statistics Sierra Leone - SSL and ICF International. 2014. Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2013. Freetown, Sierra Leone: SSL and ICF International. |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Demographic Health Survey data includes ever married women aged 15-49 years only and may include males aged 15-59. 7137 Women 6901 Men 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 08.10.20)' |
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Donne, 2008
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Età: | 15-49 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3104 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | Sierra Leone, Demographic & Health Survey 2008, Ministry of Health & Sanitation, ICF MACRO |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Other married women 15 - 49 years. |
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Bambini, 2017
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito |
| Età: | 13-17 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2798 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), available at https://extranet.who.int/ncdsmicrodata/index.php/catalog/772/download/5393 (last accessed 10.08.23) |
| Cutoffs: | WHO |
Bambini, 2013
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Età: | 15-19 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2546 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | 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. Statistics Sierra Leone - SSL and ICF International. 2014. Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2013. Freetown, Sierra Leone: SSL and ICF International. |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 1346 girls and 1200 boys |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | BMI for age: between +1 SD and +2 SD is overweight and greater than +2 SD is obesity |
| Cutoffs: | WHO 2007 |
0-5 years, 2021
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 9382 |
| Riferimenti: | SMART: Sierra Leone 2021 National Nutrition Survey |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 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. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2019
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4824 |
| Riferimenti: | DHS: Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019. Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Stats SL and ICF |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 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. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2019
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4870 |
| Area coperta: | Nazionale |
| Riferimenti: | Statistics Sierra Leone Stats SL and ICF. 2020. Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019. Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Stats SL and ICF.. https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR365/FR365.pdf (Accessed 14.12.20) |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Infants. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Weight for height. Overweight or obesity = >+2SD |
| Cutoffs: | Other |
0-5 years, 2017
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 11292 |
| Riferimenti: | SMART: Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2017 |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 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. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2014
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 10967 |
| Riferimenti: | SMART: Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2014, Freetown, Sierra Leone. |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 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. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2010
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 13275 |
| Riferimenti: | SMART: Report on The National Situation of Sierra Leone: Nutrition Survey using SMART Methods |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 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. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2005
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4896 |
| Riferimenti: | MICS: Sierra Leone multiple indicator cluster survey 2005: Final Report. Freetown, Sierra Leone: Statistics Sierra Leone and UNICEF-Sierra Leone, 2007 |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 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. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2000
| Età: | 0-5 |
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2269 |
| Riferimenti: | MICS: The status of women and children in Sierra Leone. A household survey report (MICS-2). Central Statistics Office, Ministry of Development and Economic Planning, November 2000 |
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | 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. |
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD |
% Adults living with overweight or obesity in Sierra Leone 2008-2019
Donne
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato |
| Riferimenti: | 2008: Sierra Leone, Demographic & Health Survey 2008, Ministry of Health & Sanitation, ICF MACRO 2013: Statistics Sierra Leone - SSL and ICF International. 2014. Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2013. Freetown, Sierra Leone: SSL and ICF International. 2017: Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2017. https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Sierra%20Leone%20National%20Nutrition%20Survey%202017_Final%20Report%20-%20signed.pdf (Accessed 08.10.21) 2019: Statistics Sierra Leone Stats SL and ICF. 2020. Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019. Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Stats SL and ICF.. https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR365/FR365.pdf (Accessed 14.12.20) |
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
| Potrebbero essere state utilizzate metodologie diverse di raccolta dei dati e per questo motivo i dati di indagini diverse potrebbero non essere direttamente comparabili. | |
