Adult Undernutrition in Rural Post-conflict Northern Uganda

Table 1 Overview of community-based studies examining adult nutritional status in Uganda. Underweight is defined by body mass index (BMI) <18.5 for adults >18 years. Age- and sex-specific BMI cutoff values should be applied to young adults <18 years (see full definition in Dictionary of Terms). Maher et al. (2011) used the BMI <18.5 for all age groups, whereas Schramm et al. 2016 applied age- and sex-specific cutoff values

Author	Study location	Rural/urban	Year of data collection	N	Age of study participants	Underweight prevalence		Overweight prevalence
Author	Study location	Rural/urban	Year of data collection	N	Age of study participants	Men	Women	Men	Women
Maher et al. (2011)	Rakai, southwestern Uganda	Rural	2008–2009	6,678	≥13 years	29.8%	16.5%	4.1%	18.4%
Mayega et al. (2012)^a	Iganga and Mayuge district, southeast Uganda	Rural and peri-urban	2011	1,656	35–60 years	17.6%	14.6%	9.7%	25.1%
Kavishe et al. (2015)^b	Rural areas outside of the capital Kampala and Entebbe	Rural	2012–2013	432	≥18 years	16.0%	10.0%	9.2%	41.7%
Kirunda et al. (2015)^a	Iganga and Mayuge district, southeast Uganda	Rural and peri-urban	2013	1,210	≥18 years	8.1%	5.9%	14.4%	35.7%
Schramm et al. (2016)	Gulu district, northern Uganda	Rural	2011–2013	4,986	≥15 years	22.3%	16.0%	1.5%	7.6%
UBOS and ICF International Inc (2012)^b	National sample of rural areas	Rural	2011	3,524	Men: 15–54 years	19.2%	12.9%	2.6%	14.3%
UBOS and ICF International Inc (2012)^b	National sample of rural areas	Rural	2011	3,524	Women: 15–49 years	19.2%	12.9%	2.6%	14.3%

Key: BMI body mass index, UBOS Uganda Bureau of Statistics
^aKirunda et al. (2015) included participants both from rural and peri-urban areas (n = 912 [75%] from rural areas). Presented estimates are combined rural and peri-urban populations, as data was not stratified by gender in rural areas. The overall (combined gender) prevalence of undernutrition in rural areas was 8.1% vs. 4.0% in peri-urban; the overall prevalence of overweight was 15.8% in rural vs. 23.8% in peri-urban areas. Estimates from Mayaga were not stratified by rural/peri-urban populations (n = 1352 [84%] from rural areas)
^bOnly data from rural populations are included in the table. Kavishe et al. (2015) and UBOS and ICF International Inc (2012) also included participants from urban areas (n = 484 and n = 929, respectively), not shown in the table