The main purpose of this research study is to determine the important socio-economic, demographic, and cultural factors that significantly influence the nutritional status of adult women aged 40-55 years in an urban area of Bangladesh. The study used primary data collected from 234 women residing in the Chattogram metropolitan area to carry out this research work. In the analytical stage, in addition to the descriptive measures, the study employed the Chi-square test of independence to examine the significant association between nutritional status and available background characteristics of the respondents. Moreover, multinomial logistic regression analysis was employed to identify the significant predictors of nutritional status. The findings of this study show that the maximum of the respondents belongs to the overweight stratum (n=178, 76.1%), followed by normal weight (n=38, 16.2%). The overall mean BMI of the selected respondents was found 26.46±3.66 kg/m2 with marked variations by their background characteristics. The coefficient of variation (13.83%) illustrates that there exists extreme heterogeneity in the BMI of the respondents. The coefficient of skewness and access of kurtosis reflect the distribution of BMI is negatively skewed and leptokurtic. The highest mean BMI was found in the age group 40-45 years (27.78±3.34 kg/m2), and the lowest (23.87±3.39kg/m2) was in the non-Muslim respondents. Bivariate and multivariate analyses reveal that religion, respondents’ education, and husbands' education significantly influence the nutritional status of adult women. The findings also show that Muslim women are relatively well-nourished compared to their non-Muslim counterparts. Nonetheless, both highly educated women and women whose husbands are also highly educated are well-nourished than those who are below secondary education level. The findings of this study will be helpful for the policymakers and concerned health workers to implement appropriate policies to raise the educational qualifications for ensuring the balanced nutritional status of adult urban women in Bangladesh.
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