Discussion
Our study presents long-term trends for some public-healthrelated
indicators in Bangladesh based on representative data.
It extracted several interesting findings that are important for
policymakers and stakeholders. One of the important findings
is the increasing tendency of all indicators (except being
underweight) over time, which delivers the message that both
urban and rural areas are progressing (but not in the sense of
being overweight) in Bangladesh. However, urban-rural gaps
for all indicators seem to be similar except for the increasing
gap in being overweight. Some of the driving forces behind
such development are already mentioned in the introduction.
Unfortunately, our findings from the perspective of the richest
and poorest groups are disappointing, because richest-poorest
disparities are widening for some of these indicators. These
findings are not consistent with the urban-rural disparities,
which are mostly stable. These results may imply that, although
overall Bangladesh is progressing due to the many
interventions, these were not as effective for the poorest
segments of society. The third important finding is the
increasing proportion of overweight individuals in the urban and
richest groups, who are more educated. To control this
emerging problem, increasing efforts are needed to target
them. It is also important to find ways to keep the prevalence of
being overweight lower in rural areas.
Discussion
Our study presents long-term trends for some public-healthrelated
indicators in Bangladesh based on representative data.
It extracted several interesting findings that are important for
policymakers and stakeholders. One of the important findings
is the increasing tendency of all indicators (except being
underweight) over time, which delivers the message that both
urban and rural areas are progressing (but not in the sense of
being overweight) in Bangladesh. However, urban-rural gaps
for all indicators seem to be similar except for the increasing
gap in being overweight. Some of the driving forces behind
such development are already mentioned in the introduction.
Unfortunately, our findings from the perspective of the richest
and poorest groups are disappointing, because richest-poorest
disparities are widening for some of these indicators. These
findings are not consistent with the urban-rural disparities,
which are mostly stable. These results may imply that, although
overall Bangladesh is progressing due to the many
interventions, these were not as effective for the poorest
segments of society. The third important finding is the
increasing proportion of overweight individuals in the urban and
richest groups, who are more educated. To control this
emerging problem, increasing efforts are needed to target
them. It is also important to find ways to keep the prevalence of
being overweight lower in rural areas.
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