Magnitude of Overweight, Obesity and Physical Inactivity as Risk Factors of Major Non-communicable Diseases in North African Countries

Slimane Mehdad (), Souad Benaich () and Nezha Bouhaddou ()
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Slimane Mehdad: Mohammed V University, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Research Centre of Human Pathologies Genomics
Souad Benaich: Mohammed V University, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Research Centre of Human Pathologies Genomics
Nezha Bouhaddou: Mohammed V University, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Research Centre of Human Pathologies Genomics

Chapter Chapter 6 in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Developing Countries, 2020, pp 73-84 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Over the past two decades, overweight, obesity and physical inactivity have been recognized as major risk factors of numerous non-communicable diseases. Their prevalence reached alarming rates among all age-groups, particularly in Low- and Middle Income Countries. In North African countries, available data from official reports released by the WHO, UNICEF and national authorities, as well as research articles (PubMed, Sciencedirect, Scholar Google), published between 2000 and 2018, showed that overweight prevalence in children aged 0–5 years ranged from 1.2 to 14.0%. Among children and adolescents, the prevalence of each of overweight and obesity ranged from 6.3% to 32.5%, and from 2.4% to 9.3%, respectively; while in adults it ranged from 30.0% to 65.4% and from 10.0 % to 35.7%, respectively. Physical inactivity prevalence ranged from 14.6 to 45.8% among adults aged 18 years and older, and from 79.3 to 90.6% among children and adolescents. The prevalence of overweight, obesity and physical inactivity is high in North African populations especially among females. Appropriate interventions are urgently needed to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyle, and to reduce the economic and health burden of overweight and obesity among both children and adults according to a multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary, and culturally relevant approach.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34702-4_6

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