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RESEARCH ARTICLE

SA JOURNAL OF DIABETES & VASCULAR DISEASE

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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2 • DECEMBER 2017

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.

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Comparison of our results with those of a study

carried out among men and women in Dakar in 2009

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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.