Prevalence and Associated Factors of Overweight and Obesity among Primary School Children Aged 7–17 Years in Urban Mbarara, Uganda

Table 1

Sociodemographics, physical activities, and food consumption patterns of participants.

Variable	Category	Frequency (N = 422)	Percentage (%)
Sex	Girls	227	53.8
	Boys	195	46.2
School type	Government	227	53.8
	Private	195	46.2
Parent/guardian	Both parents	259	61.4
	Single parent	107	25.4
	Relatives	56	13.27
Residence ownership	Owned	260	61.6
	Rented	162	38.4
Employment of parent/guardian	Parent/guardian employed	352	83.6
	Parent/guardian employed	69	16.4
Education level of mother	Completed > primary	261	66.2
	Completed < primary	133	33.8
Education level of father	Completed > primary	375	88.9
	Completed < primary	47	11.1
Physical activities
Modes of transport to and from school	Walking	229	54.3
	Others (motorized, bicycle)	193	45.7
Participating in exercise per week	Yes	404	95.7
	No	18	4.3
Number of times of exercising per week	<3 times per week	221	52.4
	>3 times per week	201	47.6
How leisure time is spent	Watching TV, reading	100	23.7
	Others (playing, doing house chores)	322	76.3
Food consumption patterns
Number of meals in 24 hr	>2 meals	313	74.2
	<2 meals	109	25.8
Consumption of snacks in between meals	Yes	278	66.2
	No	142	33.8
Common type of food at home	Beans/ground nuts	256	60.8
	Meat/fish	165	39.2
Frequency of consuming vegetables and fruits	Most of the time/always	87	20.6
	Others (some of the time)	335	79.4