Magnitude and risks of overweight/obesity among adults in Welkite town, Southern Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study

• Alemayehu Fikre ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alemayehu Fikre, Muze Shehmolo, Negussie Boti, Zeleke Gebru

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gurage Zone Health Department, Welkite, Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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• Muze Shehmolo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alemayehu Fikre, Muze Shehmolo, Negussie Boti, Zeleke Gebru

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kibet Primary Hospital, Worabe, Silte Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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• Negussie Boti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alemayehu Fikre, Muze Shehmolo, Negussie Boti, Zeleke Gebru

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-573X

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• Bilcha Oumer ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ BO, BT, SK, and GT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Belaynesh Tenalem ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ BO, BT, SK, and GT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Welkite Health Center, Welkite, Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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• Sahle Kibru ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ BO, BT, SK, and GT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Gurage Zone Health Department, Welkite, Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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• Gebremaryam Temesgen ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ BO, BT, SK, and GT also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

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• Zeleke Gebru

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alemayehu Fikre, Muze Shehmolo, Negussie Boti, Zeleke Gebru

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zeleke.gebru@yahoo.com

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-9209

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