Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity and Its Associated Factors Among Health-care Workers Teachers and Bankers in Arusha City Tanzania

摘要

Tanzania is one of the developing countries experiencing an increasing trend of overweight and obesity among adults. Working adults have been identified as a high-risk group more exposed to the predictors of overweight and obesity than the general population. However, limited studies have been done in this group. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its associated risk factors among health-care workers, teachers, and bankers in Arusha city council.