Adult physical inactivity prevalence in the Muslim world: Analysis of 38 countries

Kahan, David

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2014.12.007

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“…Risk factor prevalence data were obtained from a search of the international peer‐reviewed literature, as well as selected databases of the World Health Organization (WHO), noncommunicable disease Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD‐RisC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and included: smoking, alcohol, high BMI, measured as BMI >25 kg/m 2 , insufficient physical inactivity, dietary intake (excessive intake of salt, red meat and processed meat, and insufficient intake of fruit and vegetables), suboptimal breastfeeding, infections, and air pollution, measured with fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ). To take into account the time lag between exposure to risk factor and the diagnosis of cancer, we used historical exposure data preceding the cancer data about 10 years.…”

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Proportion of cancers attributable to major lifestyle and environmental risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Kulhánová

Znaor

Shield

et al. 2019

Intl Journal of Cancer

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Cancer is a major contributing cause of morbidity and mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The aim of the current study was to estimate the cancer burden attributable to major lifestyle and environmental risk factors. We used age‐, sex‐ and site‐specific incidence estimates for 2012 from IARC's GLOBOCAN, and assessed the following risk factors: smoking, alcohol, high body mass index, insufficient physical activity, diet, suboptimal breastfeeding, infections and air pollution. The prevalence of exposure to these risk factors came from different sources including peer‐reviewed international literature, the World Health Organization, noncommunicable disease Risk Factor Collaboration, and the Food and Agriculture Organization. Sex‐specific population‐attributable fraction was estimated in the 22 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region based on the prevalence of the selected risk factors and the relative risks obtained from meta‐analyses. We estimated that approximately 33% (or 165,000 cases) of all new cancer cases in adults aged 30 years and older in 2012 were attributable to all selected risk factors combined. Infections and smoking accounted for more than half of the total attributable cases among men, while insufficient physical activity and exposure to infections accounted for more than two‐thirds of the total attributable cases among women. A reduction in exposure to major lifestyle and environmental risk factors could prevent a substantial number of cancer cases in the Eastern Mediterranean. Population‐based programs preventing infections and smoking (particularly among men) and promoting physical activity (particularly among women) in the population are needed to effectively decrease the regional cancer burden.

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Proportion of cancers attributable to major lifestyle and environmental risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Kulhánová

Znaor

Shield

et al. 2019

Intl Journal of Cancer

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“…Leisure time physical activity of the participants was measured using the translated Bangla version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The validity of these physical activity questions in the Bangladeshi adult population was discussed in detail elsewhere 30 . Data on physical activity were assessed as the total number of minutes spent weekly doing moderate (e.g., conventional walking, bicycling with light effort, gardening, light exercises, e.g., cleaning house, involvement in games with children) to vigorous physical activities (e.g., running, jogging/running, bicycling with greater effort, fast swimming, team sports, e.g., football, volleyball, or basketball), and this measure was calculated separately for each activity.…”

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Mediators of the association between low socioeconomic status and poor glycemic control among type 2 diabetics in Bangladesh

Rahman

Nakamura

Hasan

et al. 2020

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in contrast to developed countries 8 , leisure time physical activity in Bangladesh 13 is more prevalent in the lower SES group. Thus, adverse health-related behaviors might mediate the relationship between low SES and poor glycemic control. Among the comorbid conditions, being overweight/obese was generally associated with an increased likelihood of poor glycemic control in type 2 diabetics 15. Studies also noted that comorbid conditions such as hypertension 16 and depressive symptoms 17 are correlated with poorer glycemic control. Besides, hypertension, obesity, and depressive symptoms often exhibit socioeconomic patterning 18,19 , low prevalence of hypertension and overweight/obesity 18 and high prevalence of depressive symptoms 19 were observed in the low SES group. Therefore, these comorbid conditions may potentially mediate the relationship between low SES and poor glycemic control. Apart from adverse-health related behaviors and comorbid conditions, non-adherence to essential health service-related practices including irregular scheduled visits to diabetes clinic, not practicing self-monitoring of blood glucose concentrations, and reliance on alternative medicine have been known to contribute to poor glycemic control 14,20-22. Several observational studies found that underuse of recommended preventive services associated with poor glycemic control 20,21. Studies also indicated that patients who were not self-monitored their blood glucose 14 and rely on alternative medicine 22 had higher odds of having poorly controlled blood glucose compared to those who self-monitored their blood glucose and do not rely on alternative medicine. Furthermore, these essential health service-related practices vary by SES. In comparison to the high-SES group, people in the low-SES group are more likely to use low-cost and often less-effective alternative medicines and to experience barriers in the timely use of health care services according to their need 23. Accordingly, non-adherence to essential health service-related practices has been proposed as potential mediators of the association between low SES and poor glycemic control. To our knowledge, there has been only a single study regarding to examine the mediators contributing to socioeconomic inequality in glycemic control 24 , which showed that avoidance coping during a stressful event related to their diabetes (eg, to give up trying to deal with the event or to refuse to believe it is happening) and depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between SES and glycemic control. However, the contributions of mediators relating low SES to poorer glycemic control may differ according to context, suggesting the need for research in different settings. To date, there have been no studies in developing countries to assess the mediators relating low SES to poorer glycemic control. Therefore, evidence on socioeconomic disparities in glycemic control and potential mediators to mitigate this relationship is required. This study was performed to examine potential modifiable factor...

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“…In Islam, health is only second to faith in terms of importance, and idleness is prohibited (245,246). The prevalence of physical inactivity among 38 Muslim countries was 32.3% in a 2015 report, with women and Arabs more likely to be physically inactive than their respective counterparts (247). In certain Muslim practices, women are covered when in public (e.g., the voluntary practice of hijab, or veiling), which can impact participation with outdoor exercise programs, particularly swimming (248,249).…”

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Transcultural Diabetes Care in The United States – A Position Statement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

Mechanick¹,

Adams

Davidson

et al. 2019

Endocrine Practice

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Adult physical inactivity prevalence in the Muslim world: Analysis of 38 countries

Cited by 74 publications

References 26 publications

Proportion of cancers attributable to major lifestyle and environmental risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Proportion of cancers attributable to major lifestyle and environmental risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Mediators of the association between low socioeconomic status and poor glycemic control among type 2 diabetics in Bangladesh

Transcultural Diabetes Care in The United States – A Position Statement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

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