Diabetes has been one of the enormous global public health problems hurting a large number
of people. Type 2 diabetes is the major type of diabetes mellitus (DM) related to a different
form of cardiovascular complication, and obesity is a potentially modifiable risk factor for
T2DM. Obesity-triggered cardiovascular complications are related to a high number of deaths
worldwide [1].
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus among the Ethiopian community ranges from 2% in
the Tigray region to 14% in Dire Dewa city [2]. A meta-analysis study indicated that the pooled
prevalence of DMis 6.5%. The prevalence of DMin health facilities is 8% while in the commu-
nity it ranges from 1.9% [3] in the Southern region of Ethiopia to 12.4% in Hawassa Zuria [4].
The etiology of obesity is multifactorial, exceedingly complicated involving the interaction of
different factors such as behavioral, environmental, physiological, genetic, social, and eco-
nomic factors. Both T2DMand obesity are relate