PMID- 29460550
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191231
LR  - 20191231
IS  - 1827-1715 (Electronic)
IS  - 0026-4946 (Linking)
VI  - 71
IP  - 4
DP  - 2019 Aug
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity and associations with socioeconomic 
      indicators: the study of health and activity among adolescents in Kuwait.
PG  - 326-332
LID - 10.23736/S0026-4946.18.04911-3 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Kuwait is one of the Arab countries with the highest prevalence of 
      overweight or obesity. However, few studies have described the prevalence of 
      obesity in this country. The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence of 
      overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti adolescents; and to examine the association 
      of overweight and obesity status with familial socioeconomic status (SES). 
      METHODS: Cross-sectional data from 591 adolescent students (47% boys, median age: 
      16 years) from the Study of Health and Activity among Adolescents in Kuwait in 
      2012 and 2013. Body weight status was determined using the International Obesity 
      Task Force (IOTF) body mass index standards. SES was based on parental education. 
      Odds ratio for overweight and obesity were calculated using multiple logistic 
      regression. RESULTS: In our study, over half of the adolescents were overweight 
      or obese 54.3% (95% CI: 49.9-58.4). The prevalence of overweight (including 
      obesity) was higher in boys (59.8%, 95% CI: 54.3-66.3) than girls (49.2%, 95% CI: 
      43.5-54.8). No association between parental education and the risk of 
      overweight/obesity was found. CONCLUSIONS: There is an alarmingly high rate of 
      overweight/obesity among Kuwaiti adolescents, but we did not find evidence of a 
      social gradient in obesity risk. Urgent actions are needed to reverse this 
      epidemic across all social groups.
FAU - Rey-Lopez, Juan P
AU  - Rey-Lopez JP
AD  - Charles Perkins Center, Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public 
      Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia - juan.reylopez@sydney.edu.au.
FAU - Hashem, Rawan
AU  - Hashem R
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, 
      UK.
FAU - Hamer, Mark
AU  - Hamer M
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, 
      UK.
AD  - School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, 
      Loughborough, UK.
FAU - Mcmunn, Anne
AU  - Mcmunn A
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, 
      UK.
FAU - Whincup, Peter H
AU  - Whincup PH
AD  - Population Health Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, 
      UK.
FAU - Owen, Christopher G
AU  - Owen CG
AD  - Population Health Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, 
      UK.
FAU - Stamatakis, Emmanuel
AU  - Stamatakis E
AD  - Charles Perkins Center, Prevention Research Collaboration, School of Public 
      Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, 
      UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180219
PL  - Italy
TA  - Minerva Pediatr
JT  - Minerva pediatrica
JID - 0400740
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Educational Status
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Kuwait/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - *Parents
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Students/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2018/02/21 06:00
MHDA- 2020/01/01 06:00
CRDT- 2018/02/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/02/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/01/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/02/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0026-4946.18.04911-3 [pii]
AID - 10.23736/S0026-4946.18.04911-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Minerva Pediatr. 2019 Aug;71(4):326-332. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.18.04911-3. 
      Epub 2018 Feb 19.