PMID- 23029605
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121003
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 2090-0716 (Electronic)
IS  - 2090-0708 (Print)
IS  - 2090-0708 (Linking)
VI  - 2012
DP  - 2012
TI  - Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Adolescents in Seven Arab Countries: A 
      Cross-Cultural Study.
PG  - 981390
LID - 10.1155/2012/981390 [doi]
LID - 981390
AB  - Objective. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of overweight and 
      obesity among adolescents in seven Arab countries using similar reference 
      standard. Methods. A school-based cross-sectional study was carried out in seven 
      cities in Arab countries, namely, Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Palestine, 
      Syria, and United Arab Emirates. A multistage stratified random sampling 
      technique was used. The total sample included was 4698 adolescents aged from 15 
      to 18 years (2240 males, 2458 females). The International Obesity Task Force 
      (IOTF) reference standard was used to classify the adolescents as nonobese, 
      overweight, and obese. Results. Among males, overweight was highest among Kuwaiti 
      adolescents (25.6%), followed by Jordanian (21.6%), and Syrian (19.7%) 
      adolescents. Among females, the highest prevalence of overweight was reported in 
      Libyan adolescents (26.6%), followed by Kuwaiti (20.8%), and Syrian (19.7%) 
      adolescents. As for obesity, Kuwaiti adolescents showed the highest prevalence of 
      obesity for both males (34.8%) and females (20.6%). Conclusion. There is an 
      urgent need to establish a plan of action to combat obesity in schoolchildren in 
      these countries.
FAU - Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
AU  - Musaiger AO
AD  - Nutrition and Health Studies Unit, Deanship of Scientific Research, University of 
      Bahrain and Arab Centre for Nutrition, P.O. Box 26923, Bahrain.
FAU - Al-Mannai, Mariam
AU  - Al-Mannai M
FAU - Tayyem, Reema
AU  - Tayyem R
FAU - Al-Lalla, Osama
AU  - Al-Lalla O
FAU - Ali, Essa Y H
AU  - Ali EY
FAU - Kalam, Faiza
AU  - Kalam F
FAU - Benhamed, Mofida M
AU  - Benhamed MM
FAU - Saghir, Sabri
AU  - Saghir S
FAU - Halahleh, Ismail
AU  - Halahleh I
FAU - Djoudi, Zahra
AU  - Djoudi Z
FAU - Chirane, Manel
AU  - Chirane M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120918
PL  - United States
TA  - J Obes
JT  - Journal of obesity
JID - 101526295
PMC - PMC3458285
EDAT- 2012/10/03 06:00
MHDA- 2012/10/03 06:01
PMCR- 2012/09/18
CRDT- 2012/10/03 06:00
PHST- 2012/03/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/08/01 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/08/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/10/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/10/03 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/09/18 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2012/981390 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Obes. 2012;2012:981390. doi: 10.1155/2012/981390. Epub 2012 Sep 18.