Ghana - Child obesity
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 1.30 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 5.90 in 2008, while its lowest value was 1.30 in 2017.
Definition: Prevalence of overweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.60 |
| 1998 | 2.50 |
| 2003 | 3.60 |
| 2006 | 2.60 |
| 2008 | 5.90 |
| 2011 | 2.50 |
| 2014 | 1.60 |
| 2017 | 1.30 |
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 1.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 5.40 in 2008, while its lowest value was 1.50 in 2017.
Definition: Prevalence of overweight, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.30 |
| 1998 | 2.90 |
| 2003 | 5.30 |
| 2006 | 2.60 |
| 2008 | 5.40 |
| 2011 | 2.70 |
| 2014 | 3.60 |
| 2017 | 1.50 |
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 1.40 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 5.70 in 2008, while its lowest value was 0.80 in 1988.
Definition: Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.
Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.80 |
| 1993 | 2.50 |
| 1997 | 2.00 |
| 1998 | 2.70 |
| 2003 | 4.50 |
| 2006 | 2.60 |
| 2008 | 5.70 |
| 2011 | 2.60 |
| 2014 | 2.60 |
| 2017 | 1.40 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Nutrition
