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Prevalenza tal-obeżità

Nisa, 2021

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:15-49
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:10,928
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi: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]
Sakemm ma jiġix indikat mod ieħor, il-piż żejjed jirreferi għal BMI bejn 25kg u 29.9kg/m², l-obeżità tirreferi għal BMI akbar minn 30kg/m².

Nisa, 2019

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:15-49
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:6882
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi: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)
Noti:Demographic Health Survey data includes ever married women aged 15-49 years only and may include males aged 15-59.
Sakemm ma jiġix indikat mod ieħor, il-piż żejjed jirreferi għal BMI bejn 25kg u 29.9kg/m², l-obeżità tirreferi għal BMI akbar minn 30kg/m².

Nisa, 2017

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:15-49
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:6715
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi: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)
Noti:Non-pregnant/lactating women
Sakemm ma jiġix indikat mod ieħor, il-piż żejjed jirreferi għal BMI bejn 25kg u 29.9kg/m², l-obeżità tirreferi għal BMI akbar minn 30kg/m².

Adulti, 2013

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:15-49
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:14038
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi:Statistics Sierra Leone - SSL and ICF International. 2014. Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2013. Freetown, Sierra Leone: SSL and ICF International.
Noti: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)'
Sakemm ma jiġix indikat mod ieħor, il-piż żejjed jirreferi għal BMI bejn 25kg u 29.9kg/m², l-obeżità tirreferi għal BMI akbar minn 30kg/m².

Nisa, 2008

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:15-49
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:3104
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi:Sierra Leone, Demographic & Health Survey 2008, Ministry of Health & Sanitation, ICF MACRO
Noti:Other married women 15 - 49 years.
Sakemm ma jiġix indikat mod ieħor, il-piż żejjed jirreferi għal BMI bejn 25kg u 29.9kg/m², l-obeżità tirreferi għal BMI akbar minn 30kg/m².

Tfal, 2017

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Irrappurtat mill-persuna nnifisha
Età:13-17
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:2798
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi: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

Tfal, 2013

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:15-19
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:2546
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi: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.
Noti:1346 girls and 1200 boys
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):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
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:9382
Referenzi:SMART: Sierra Leone 2021 National Nutrition Survey
Noti: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.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2019

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:4824
Referenzi:DHS: Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2019. Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Stats SL and ICF
Noti: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.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2019

Tip ta' stħarriġ:Imkejjel
Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:4870
Erja Koperta:Nazzjonali
Referenzi: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)
Noti:Infants.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):Weight for height. Overweight or obesity = >+2SD
Cutoffs:Other

0-5 years, 2017

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:11292
Referenzi:SMART: Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2017
Noti: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.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2014

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:10967
Referenzi:SMART: Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2014, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Noti: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.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2010

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:13275
Referenzi:SMART: Report on The National Situation of Sierra Leone: Nutrition Survey using SMART Methods
Noti: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.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2005

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:4896
Referenzi:MICS: Sierra Leone multiple indicator cluster survey 2005: Final Report. Freetown, Sierra Leone: Statistics Sierra Leone and UNICEF-Sierra Leone, 2007
Noti: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.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

0-5 years, 2000

Età:0-5
Id-daqs tal-kampjun:2269
Referenzi: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
Noti: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.
Definizzjonijiet (disponibbli bl-Ingliż biss):=>+2SD

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