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

Table 4

Multivariate logistic regression analysis for the associated factors of overweight and obesity.

Variable	Participant characteristic	Overweight and obesity, n (%)	Nonoverweight, n (%)	OR (95%CI) (adjusted OR)	p-Value (adjusted p)
Modes of transport to and from school	Not walking to school	6 (2.6)	223 (97.4)	5 (1.9–13)
	Walking to school	35 (18.1)	158 (81.9)	Ref
Number of meals in 24 hr	>2 meals	39 (12.5)	274 (87.5)	2.3 (0.5–10.8)	0.300
	<2 meals	2 (1.8)	107 (98.2)	Ref
Frequency of consuming vegetables and fruits	Always	16 (18.4)	71 (81.6)	1.8 (0.9–3.7)	0.105
	Sometimes	25 (7.5)	310 (92.5)	Ref
How leisure time is spent	Others (playing, reading, house chores)	23 (7.1)	299 (92.9)	0.6 (0.3–1.2)	0.150
	Watching TV	18 (18)	82 (82)	Ref

NB: Ref, refers to the reference variable/group; p-value is less than 5% significance level.