Year of Publication

Country

Data

Analysis

Years of data collection

Number of households/ pairs sampled

DBM Type

Children and Teens

Adults

Database or sample population

References

Age range (years)

Indicator

Age range (years)

Indicator

2012

Cape Verde

Secondary

Transversal

2001-2002

2063

One person in the household is overweight and one is underweight

<10

10 à 17.9

P/T

BMI for age

≥18

BMI

Survey of household expenditures and income (IDRF 2001/02)

[24]

2012

Algeria

Primary

Transversal

2010

2005

At least one undernourished and one overweight individual in the household

<5

P/T and/or presence of edema

T/A

P/A

15 - 49 years

T/A

BMI

Waist circumference

Western Sahara refugee camp in protracted emergency situation

[33]

2014

28 sub-Saharan African countries

Secondary

Transversal

2000-2010

Not available

Obese mother with an undernourished child (defined as stunted, underweight or wasted)

<5

P/T

T/A

P/A

15 - 49 years

BMI

WHO databases

[34]

2016

30 sub-Saharan African countries

Secondary

Transversal

2006-2012

154,789

Overweight mothers and stunted children in the household

Maternal overweight and anemia

1 - 5

T/A

15 - 49 years

BMI

Anemia

Demographic and health surveys

[29]

2018

Benin

Primary

Transversal

2015

357

Overweight/obese mother and stunted child

<5

T/A

<25

25 - 34

35 - 49

BMI

Households in the commune of Comè, Benin

[25]

2019

Benin

Secondary

Transversal

2014

426

Overweight/obese mother and underweight/stunted child in the same household.

<5

M/S

T/A

P/T

15 - 49 years

BMI

Solar-powered drip irrigation project (Solar Market Garden [SMG])

[30]

2019

Kenya

Primary

Transversal

2016

173

Overweight/obese adult and underweight, stunted, wasted or micronutrient-deficient child

<5

T/A

M/S

BMI/A

>16 years

BMI

Vitamin A, iron and zinc intake

Rural households in the Nyanza region, western Kenya

[35]

2019

Tunisia

Primary

Transversal

2009 -2010

437

Anemic child and overweight or obese mother; overweight or obese child and anemic mother; stunted child and overweight or obese mother; and wasted child and overweight or obese mother.

<5

P/T

T/A

BMI/A

Anemia

20 to 49 years old

BMI

Anemia

ObeMaghreb research project

[32]

2020

15 sub-Saharan African countries

Secondary

Transversales

2012-2016

69,082

Co-occurrence of an overweight woman of childbearing age and a stunted preschooler in the same household

<5

T/A

P/T

15 - 49 years

BMI

Demographic and health surveys data on global forest change

[36]

2020

Kenya

Secondary

Transversal

2014

7830

Overweight or obese mother with a stunted, underweight or wasted child.

<5

M/S

T/A

P/T

15 - 49 years

BMI

Demographic and health surveys

[26]

2021

Ethiopia

Primary

Transversal

2018-2019

1454

At least one overweight adult and one wasted or stunted child, at least one underweight adult and one overweight child, two overweight adults and one wasted or stunted child, and two underweight adults and one overweight child.

<5

T/A

P/T

18 - 49 years

BMI

Data from two cross-sectional studies conducted in urban areas—the capital Addis Ababa, and in rural areas—the district of Kersa

[27]

2022

23 Sub-Saharan African countries

Secondary

Transversal

2008 -2017

145,020

Cooccurrence of undernutrition and overweight/obesity in a child and/or a woman

<5

T/A

P/T

15 - 49 years

BMI

Anemia

Demographic and health surveys

[23]

2022

Tanzania

Secondary

Transversal

2015-2016

8083

Cooccurrence of undernutrition and overweight/obesity in a child and/or a woman

<5

T/A

P/T

M/S

15 - 49 years

BMI

Demographic and health surveys

[28]

2022

South Africa

Secondary

Transversal

2008

3720

Coexistence of overnutrition (overweight and obesity) among adults and undernutrition (stunted growth) among children in the same household

0 - 4

5 - 9

10 - 17

P/T

BMI/A

T/A

≥18

BMI

South African National Income Dynamics Survey (NIDS)

[37]

2022

49 low- and middle-income countries, including 29 African countries

Secondary

Transversal

2000-2019

311,604

Overweight/obese mother and at least one anaemic child, or anaemic mother and at least one overweight/obese child.

<5

15 - 19

BMI/A

20 - 49

BMI

Anemia

Demographic and health surveys

[9]

2022

Ethiopia

Secondary

Transversales

2005-2016

13,107

Maternal overweight/obesity and infant growth retardation

Maternal overweight/obesity and infant anemia

Maternal overweight/obesity and anemia and/or infant growth retardation

<5

15 - 19

T/A

Anemia

BMI/A

20 - 49

BMI

Demographic and health surveys

[38]

2022

Ethiopia

Secondary

Transversales

2016

7624

Maternal overweight/obesity and child growth retardation

Maternal overweight/obesity and child wasting

Overweight/obese mother and underweight child

Maternal overweight/obesity and child anemia

<5

T/A

M/S

P/T

Anemia

15 - 49

BMI

Demographic and health surveys

[31]