BACKGROUND: In most of the developing world, ownership of modern household assets such as television sets, refrigerators, microwave ovens and washing machines is becoming common. Ownership of these household assets, however, promotes sedentary behaviour which has implications for @entity28 and non-communicable disease conditions such as @entity101 , @entity6 , @entity64 and other @entity65 . Additionally, increased household asset ownership is an indicator of socio-economic status and is also associated with @entity28 promoting dietary behaviours especially in urban areas. Very few studies have examined the relationship between household asset ownership and @entity28 in sub-Saharan Africa where asset ownership is becoming a norm. This paper examined the relationship between ownership of different types of household assets and Body Mass Index (BMI) among a nationally representative sample of Ghanaian @entity1 . METHODS: The study analysed secondary data from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) involving a total of 4916 @entity1 aged 15-49 years. The analytical sample consist of 4010 (weighted sample) non-pregnant females who had valid data on all the variables used in the analyses. The BMI of the @entity1 was used as the dependent variable with three categories of normal weight, overweight and @entity28 based on the standard World Health Organization (WHO) classifications. Multinomial logistic regression models were specified to examine the relationship between ownership of household assets and BMI. RESULTS: Obesity was more common among @entity1 whose household owned a television-15.60 %, @entity1741 /VCD-18.58 %, computer-20.70 %, refrigerator-17.16 % and washing machine-27.43 %, but less common among @entity1 whose household owned a motorcycle/scooter-7.74 % and a bicycle-7.92 %. Household ownership of @entity1741 was significantly associated with increased odds of @entity28 (OR   =   1.59, P   <   0.01) while ownership of a motor cycle/scooter (OR   =   2.05, P <0.001), a refrigerator (OR   =   1.33, P   <   0.05), and a television set (OR   =   1.27, P   <   0.10) were associated with higher odds of overweight. Ownership of each additional household asset was also associated with 15 % and 25 % higher odds of overweight and @entity28 respectively. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that at least one asset among the various domains of household assets examined is associated with either overweight or @entity28 among Ghanaian @entity1 . Also, increased household asset ownership is associated with increased odds of overweight and @entity28 . Interventions that aim at reducing sedentary and unhealthy dietary behaviours in the phase of increasing asset ownership maybe helpful in addressing the rising prevalence of @entity28 among Ghanaian @entity1 .

Recreation, transportation or labour saving? Examining the association between household asset ownership and body mass index among Ghanaian XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese', 'obesity'] @entity1741 :: ('OMIM:602081', 'Disease') :: ['DVD'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular conditions']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['women']
