Obesity Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is a non-communicable disease with increasing prevalence and complications in our society. Previous systematic review of published papers on obesity in Nigeria showed its prevalence ranged from 8.1% to 22.2% while overweight ranged from 20.3% to 35.1%.Objective: To evaluate the prevalence and associations of obesity and hypertension among civil servants in a state in North Central Nigeria.Methods: This was a p...