Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents

Mouzan, Mohammad I. El; Foster, Peter; Herbish, Abdullah S. Al; Salloum, Abdullah A. Al; Omer, Ahmad Al; Qurachi, Mansour M.; Kecojevic, Tatjana

doi:10.4103/0256-4947.62833

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“…The possible explanations could be that the screen time may displace more active pursuits, advertising of junk food and fast food increases children's requests for those particular foods and products, snacking increases while watching TV or movies, and late-night screen time may interfere with getting adequate amounts of sleep, which is a known risk factor for obesity (Telford et al, 2012). This finding was in agreement with a recent study conducted in Saudi Arabia, which revealed that the prevalence of obesity among the school children was increased with increase in hours of watching TV (El Mouzan et al, 2010). Another Canadian study reported that, the odds of being overweight increased by 8% for every 30 minutes of additional time spent in watching television between school and dinner on a typical school day (Strasburger, 2011).…”

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Prevalence of Obesity in School Children and Its Relation to Lifestyle Behaviors in Al-Ahsa District of Saudi Arabia

Saleh

Alhaiz²,

Khan³

et al. 2017

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Objectives: To estimate obesity prevalence among children and adolescents in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia for the year 2016 and to determine the related preventable risk factors. Methods:This study was a cross-sectional study (using stratified random sampling representing different geographical areas of Al-Ahsa) through a self-administered questionnaire. It included 240 male students aged (7-15) years old from public primary and intermediate schools in Al-Ahsa governorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Anthropometric measurements of weight and height were taken for all the study participants. Body mass index (BMI) and its percentile was determined using Saudi won growth charts of the corresponding age and sex. Results:The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was 29.6% (10.8% overweight, 3.8% obese, and 15% extremely obese). The prevalence of overweight and obesity was significantly associated with early childhood obesity, parental obesity, mother's employment, family income, number of snacks and fast food consumption, physical inactivity, and time spent in watching television. Other factors (namely, eating during emotional stress, family gathering on meals, and regular eating times) were having independently significant association. Conclusion:There is an urgent need to spread awareness about obesity, and the prevention programs that involving schools and families are the key strategy for controlling the current epidemic of obesity.

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Prevalence of Obesity in School Children and Its Relation to Lifestyle Behaviors in Al-Ahsa District of Saudi Arabia

Saleh

Alhaiz²,

Khan³

et al. 2017

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“…On the other hand, our results were much lower than [13] in Kuwait. Concerning the prevalence of obesity, our results were in agreement with [10] [11], but it was higher than [9] [12] and [13]. Apart from Kuwait, all of these studies showed nearly similar rates of overweight, while the prevalence of obesity showed marked variation.…”

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“…As regards the prevalence of overweight among school children in the Arab countries, our results are consistent with [9] and [10] in Saudi, [11] in Jordan and [12] in Qatar. On the other hand, our results were much lower than [13] in Kuwait.…”

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Prevalence and Correlates of Overweight and Obesity among School Children in Sohag, Egypt

Hadhood¹,

Ali²,

Mohamed³

et al. 2017

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Background: Continually rising prevalence of obesity and overweight in children and adolescents is a major public health concern. This is due to its various and serious health hazards on one side and its preventable nature on the other side. This study aims at identification of prevalence of overweight and obesity and its risk factors among children between 6 -14 years of age in Sohag, Egypt. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted on 711 school children between 6 -14 years in four months' period from February to May 2016. Weight and height of the studied children were measured to calculate BMI, which was compared with standard Egyptian growth charts for determining overweight and obesity. Then a questionnaire containing data about socio demographic, parental obesity, early life and dietary risk factors was completed by the children's parents. Result: Out of 711 studied children, 117 (16.5%) were overweight and 104 (14.6%) were obese. Residing in urban area, having an obese parent or both of them, low level of maternal education, being on formula feeding during early life and lack of fresh vegetables and fruits in diets were significant risk factors for overweight and obesity in the studied children (P value < 0.05). Conclusion: Improperly educated mothers together with sedentary life style manifested in obesity among the parents and lack of sport practice among children constituted the majors risk factors for childhood obesity. This emphasizes the need for increased health awareness of the community about the importance of proper nutrition and physical activity.

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“…The difference in results might be due to the different measurement tools and cut off criteria used. A study conducted among school-aged children found a significantly higher prevalence of obesity among boys and a significantly higher prevalence of overweight among girls (El Mouzan et al, 2010). In addition, a study reported that males showed a higher prevalence of obesity in all age groups studied (Al-Dossary et al, 2010), whereas another study reported higher prevalence of overweight/obesity among girls (Jagadesan et al, 2014).…”

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Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

Elkhodary¹,

Farsi²,

Merdad³

et al. 2017

J. Dent. Oral Hyg.

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There is increasing interest in investigating the association between dental caries and childhood obesity, particularly among preschoolers where the evidence is limited. We aimed to measure the prevalence of obesity/overweight among preschool children aged 3 to 6 years, and to determine the relationship between obesity and dental caries in the primary dentition. A cross-sectional study was carried out in eight public and private preschools using a multi-stage stratified sample of 820 children. Waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) measurements were obtained. Caries was assessed using the National Institute of Dental Research's decayed, missed or filled score (dmft). Based on BMI, 15% of children were obese and 10% were overweight. Based on WC, 13% of children were obese. The prevalence of obesity/overweight based on BMI was significantly higher among girls (p-value=0.014) and private preschools (p-value<0.001). Based on BMI, obese and overweight children had lower dmft scores than underweight and normal children (p-value<0.001). Based on WC, obese children had lower dmft scores than non-obese children (p-value<0.001). Obesity prevalence was high, particularly among girls and private preschool children. Caries activity was lower in overweight and obese children. Longitudinal studies are essential to investigate the association between caries and obesity in preschool children.

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Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents

Cited by 177 publications

References 28 publications

Prevalence of Obesity in School Children and Its Relation to Lifestyle Behaviors in Al-Ahsa District of Saudi Arabia

Prevalence of Obesity in School Children and Its Relation to Lifestyle Behaviors in Al-Ahsa District of Saudi Arabia

Prevalence and Correlates of Overweight and Obesity among School Children in Sohag, Egypt

Prevalence of obesity among preschool children and its relation with dental caries

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