PMID- 26663908
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170509
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 2047-6310 (Electronic)
IS  - 2047-6302 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 6
DP  - 2016 Dec
TI  - Prevalence of childhood obesity in the state of Kuwait.
PG  - e30-e34
LID - 10.1111/ijpo.12090 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity have reached an epidemic in Kuwait, with the 
      highest rate of adult obesity in the region. National estimates of childhood 
      obesity in Kuwait are scarce. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children in Kuwait. METHODS: 
      This is a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 6-18 years old 
      school children, randomly selected from 244 schools in Kuwait. Anthropometric 
      data was measured from 6574 students in September 2012-June 2013. Overweight and 
      obesity have been defined in accordance with the Centres for Disease Control and 
      Prevention (CDC), International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and World Health 
      Organization (WHO) 2007 criteria. RESULTS: The prevalence estimate overweight was 
      based on the three different systems (CDC = 17.7%, IOTF = 23.3%, WHO = 21.6%). 
      The prevalence of obesity was (CDC = 33.9%, IOTF = 28.2%, WHO = 30.5%). Boys had 
      a higher percentage of obesity regardless of the classification system used. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of childhood obesity is alarmingly high in the State 
      of Kuwait and exceeds the prevalence rates reported from neighbouring countries 
      and from North America.
CI  - (c) 2015 World Obesity Federation.
FAU - Elkum, N
AU  - Elkum N
AD  - Sidra Medical and Research Centre, Doha, Qatar.
FAU - Al-Arouj, M
AU  - Al-Arouj M
AD  - Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
FAU - Sharifi, M
AU  - Sharifi M
AD  - University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
FAU - Shaltout, A
AU  - Shaltout A
AD  - Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
FAU - Bennakhi, A
AU  - Bennakhi A
AD  - Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20151211
PL  - England
TA  - Pediatr Obes
JT  - Pediatric obesity
JID - 101572033
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Kuwait/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Students
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arabs
OT  - children
OT  - obesity
OT  - prevalence
EDAT- 2015/12/15 06:00
MHDA- 2017/05/10 06:00
CRDT- 2015/12/15 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/10/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/10/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/05/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/12/15 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/ijpo.12090 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Obes. 2016 Dec;11(6):e30-e34. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12090. Epub 2015 Dec 11.