PMID- 27759971
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171016
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1699-5198 (Electronic)
IS  - 0212-1611 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 5
DP  - 2016 Sep 20
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in eight Arab countries: 
      comparison between two international standards (ARABEAT-2).
PG  - 567
LID - 10.20960/nh.567 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to highlight the prevalence of overweight 
      and obesity among adolescents in eight Arab countries. METHODS: A school-based 
      cross-sectional study was conducted in eight Arab countries: Iraq, Jordan, 
      Kuwait, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Tunisia. The total sample 
      included was 6,447 adolescents aged 15-18 years (3,111 males, 3,336 females). The 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and World Health Organization (WHO) 
      reference standards were used to determine obesity levels. RESULTS: The WHO 
      standard provided lower prevalence of overweight but higher prevalence of obesity 
      than the IOTF standard. According to the IOTF standard, overweight among males 
      was highest in Kuwaiti adolescents (24.8%), followed by Saudi Arabian (23.2%). 
      Among females, the highest prevalence was reported in Kuwaiti adolescents 
      (22.1%), followed by Jordanian (20.0%). Regarding obesity, Kuwaiti adolescents 
      showed the highest prevalence of obesity for both males (28.6%) and females 
      (21.1%). CONCLUSION: Findings revealed no progress in reducing prevalence of 
      obesity.
FAU - Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
AU  - Musaiger AO
AD  - Arab Center for Nutrition. Bahrain. amusaiger@gmail.com.
FAU - Al-Mannai, Mariam
AU  - Al-Mannai M
FAU - Al-Haifi, Ahmad R
AU  - Al-Haifi AR
FAU - Nabag, Fatima
AU  - Nabag F
FAU - Elati, Jalila
AU  - Elati J
FAU - Abahussain, Nada
AU  - Abahussain N
FAU - Tayyem, Reema
AU  - Tayyem R
FAU - Jalambo, Marwan
AU  - Jalambo M
FAU - Benhamad, Mofida
AU  - Benhamad M
FAU - Al-Mufty, Berivan
AU  - Al-Mufty B
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160920
PL  - Spain
TA  - Nutr Hosp
JT  - Nutricion hospitalaria
JID - 9100365
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle East/epidemiology
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Standards
MH  - Sex Factors
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Arab countries. Adolescents. Overweight. Obesity.
EDAT- 2016/10/21 06:00
MHDA- 2017/10/17 06:00
CRDT- 2016/10/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/10/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.20960/nh.567 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nutr Hosp. 2016 Sep 20;33(5):567. doi: 10.20960/nh.567.