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Moreover, it is also the first study to assess perception of body size
in both genders in this country.
In Dakar, the prevalence of general obesity was 9.7%, and that
of overweight, 19.2%. These prevalence rates place Dakar among
the West African cities that are least affected by problems of
excess weight.
31,32
Comparison of our results with those of a study
carried out among men and women in Dakar in 2009
11
suggests
that prevalence of general obesity may have increased in the
Senegalese capital in five years (17%), but this difference was
not statistically significant. However, since 2009, the prevalence
of central obesity by WC has increased significantly, by 23% (
p
< 0.05). In Tessekere, the prevalence of overweight and obesity
were 13.3 and 2.8%, respectively. Despite the difficulty of making
comparisons with other West African rural areas due to the lack
Figure 2.
Satisfaction with weight by BMI among men and women in Dakar and Tessekere.
Figure 3.
Perceptions of ideal body size on masculine and feminine body size scale.