Overweight and obesity are associated with increased chronic disease and death rates globally. In Cambodia, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among women is high and increasing. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age WRA in Cambodia. Data analysis was restricted to non-pregnant women, resulting in an analytic sample of 9, WRA. Multiple logistic regressions were performed using STATA V17 to examine factors associated with overweight and obesity.
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among WRA was Overweight and obesity remains highly prevalent among WRA in Cambodia.
Therefore, there is an urgent need to take interventions that target women from higher socio-demographic status to reduce the risk of life-threatening caused by being overweight and obese through raising awareness of important changing lifestyles.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Overweight and obesity are significant global public health challenges that have rapidly risen in the last four decades and are regarded as an epidemic [ 1 ].
Being overweight and obese are major risk factors for several non-communicable diseases NCDs , including cardiovascular CVDs , kidney diseases, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, musculoskeletal disorders, and other chronic diseases [ 2 , 3 ]. Moreover, among women of reproductive age WRA , overweight and obesity have been associated with increased risk of pregnancy complications, cesarean section births, adverse birth outcomes, and infant mortality [ 4 ].
