PMID- 25895197
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150602
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 1606-0997 (Print)
IS  - 2072-1315 (Electronic)
IS  - 1606-0997 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 4
DP  - 2014 Dec
TI  - Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among urban Saudi 
      adolescents: gender and regional variations.
PG  - 634-45
AB  - The nutrition transition with associated lifestyle-related non-communicable 
      diseases has rapidly reached many developing countries, including Saudi Arabia. 
      Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of 
      overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among Saudi adolescents. This 
      school-based multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted during 2009-2010 in 
      three major cities in Saudi Arabia: Al-Khobar, Jeddah, and Riyadh. Participants 
      included 2,908 students of secondary schools (1,401 males and 1,507 females) aged 
      14 to 19 years, randomly selected using a multistage stratified cluster-sampling 
      technique. Weight, height, and waist-circumference were measured; prevalence of 
      overweight and obes- ity was determined using age- and sex-specific BMI cutoff 
      reference standards of the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Abdominal 
      obesity was determined using waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) cutoffs (above 0.5). 
      The prevalence of overweight was 19.5% in males and 20.8% in females while that 
      of obesity was 24.1% in males and 14% in females. The prevalence of abdominal 
      obesity in males and females was 35.9% and 30.3% respectively. Higher prevalence 
      of obesity was observed among adolescents in private schools. Across all ages, 
      overweight and obesity ranged from 39.9% to 45.6% in males and from 30.4% to 
      38.7% in females. ANCOVA, controlling for age, showed significant interaction 
      effects (city by gender). It is concluded that the proportions of overweight, 
      obesity, and abdominal obesity, observed among Saudi adolescents were remarkably 
      high. Such high prevalence of overweight and obesity is a major public-health 
      concern.
FAU - Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M
AU  - Al-Hazzaa HM
FAU - Abahussain, Nada A
AU  - Abahussain NA
FAU - Al-Sobayel, Hana I
AU  - Al-Sobayel HI
FAU - Qahwaji, Dina M
AU  - Qahwaji DM
FAU - Alsulaiman, Nouf A
AU  - Alsulaiman NA
FAU - Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
AU  - Musaiger AO
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Bangladesh
TA  - J Health Popul Nutr
JT  - Journal of health, population, and nutrition
JID - 100959228
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Obesity, Abdominal/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Saudi Arabia/epidemiology
MH  - Schools
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Urban Population/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Waist Circumference
MH  - Waist-Height Ratio
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4438694
EDAT- 2015/04/22 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/03 06:00
PMCR- 2014/12/01
CRDT- 2015/04/22 06:00
PHST- 2015/04/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/04/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Health Popul Nutr. 2014 Dec;32(4):634-45.