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Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the prevalence of obesity among university students in Saudi Arabia’s western region, as well as its association with gender, smoking, consumption of sugary drinks, and hours of sleep. METHODS: A cross-sectional study recruited a simple random sample of students f...

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Autores principales: Alsulami, Salhah, Althagafi, Nouf, Hazazi, Eman, Alsayed, Razan, Alghamdi, Majd, Almohammadi, Thikra, Almurashi, Saleh, Baig, Mukhtiar
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10075260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37033397
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S405729
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author Alsulami, Salhah
Althagafi, Nouf
Hazazi, Eman
Alsayed, Razan
Alghamdi, Majd
Almohammadi, Thikra
Almurashi, Saleh
Baig, Mukhtiar
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Althagafi, Nouf
Hazazi, Eman
Alsayed, Razan
Alghamdi, Majd
Almohammadi, Thikra
Almurashi, Saleh
Baig, Mukhtiar
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description BACKGROUND: This study investigated the prevalence of obesity among university students in Saudi Arabia’s western region, as well as its association with gender, smoking, consumption of sugary drinks, and hours of sleep. METHODS: A cross-sectional study recruited a simple random sample of students from King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Saudi Arabia’s western region. In this study, the Arab Teens Lifestyle (ATLS) questionnaire was used. The survey was conducted between April and June 2022. RESULTS: In total, 659 students participated (313 males [37.3%] and 437 females [66.2%]). One-fourth of the students, 158 (24%), were overweight, and 83 (12.7%) were obese. Male participants were overweight or obese by a rate of 32.6% and 19.4%, respectively. Female overweight and obese rates were 16.2% and 6.6%, respectively. Moreover, obesity/overweight rates were 43.6% in the urban area and 36.9% in the rural area (P=0.03). A total of 370 participants (56.14%) slept less than 8 hours per day, 185 (28.1%) spent more than five hours per day watching television or using the internet, and 303 (46%) ate breakfast on a regular basis. Obesity/overweight was more common in smokers than in nonsmokers (59.7% vs 32.8%, P=0.01). The prevalence of obesity was lower among those who walked three days or more per week (28.1% vs 44.1%; P=0.01) and ran/jogged outside or on a treadmill three days or more per week (29.5% vs 39.8%; P=0.03) than among those who ran/jogged less than three days per week. Student obesity was independently predicted by being male (P=0.01), drinking more sugary drinks (P=0.01), smoking (P=0.03), and sleeping for fewer hours (P=0.03). CONCLUSION: Obesity was more prevalent in male students, with a prevalence of 24%. Male gender, consumption of more sugary beverages, smoking, and sleeping for fewer hours were all independent predictors of obesity among university students.
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spelling pubmed-100752602023-04-06 Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia Alsulami, Salhah Althagafi, Nouf Hazazi, Eman Alsayed, Razan Alghamdi, Majd Almohammadi, Thikra Almurashi, Saleh Baig, Mukhtiar Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes Original Research BACKGROUND: This study investigated the prevalence of obesity among university students in Saudi Arabia’s western region, as well as its association with gender, smoking, consumption of sugary drinks, and hours of sleep. METHODS: A cross-sectional study recruited a simple random sample of students from King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Saudi Arabia’s western region. In this study, the Arab Teens Lifestyle (ATLS) questionnaire was used. The survey was conducted between April and June 2022. RESULTS: In total, 659 students participated (313 males [37.3%] and 437 females [66.2%]). One-fourth of the students, 158 (24%), were overweight, and 83 (12.7%) were obese. Male participants were overweight or obese by a rate of 32.6% and 19.4%, respectively. Female overweight and obese rates were 16.2% and 6.6%, respectively. Moreover, obesity/overweight rates were 43.6% in the urban area and 36.9% in the rural area (P=0.03). A total of 370 participants (56.14%) slept less than 8 hours per day, 185 (28.1%) spent more than five hours per day watching television or using the internet, and 303 (46%) ate breakfast on a regular basis. Obesity/overweight was more common in smokers than in nonsmokers (59.7% vs 32.8%, P=0.01). The prevalence of obesity was lower among those who walked three days or more per week (28.1% vs 44.1%; P=0.01) and ran/jogged outside or on a treadmill three days or more per week (29.5% vs 39.8%; P=0.03) than among those who ran/jogged less than three days per week. Student obesity was independently predicted by being male (P=0.01), drinking more sugary drinks (P=0.01), smoking (P=0.03), and sleeping for fewer hours (P=0.03). CONCLUSION: Obesity was more prevalent in male students, with a prevalence of 24%. Male gender, consumption of more sugary beverages, smoking, and sleeping for fewer hours were all independent predictors of obesity among university students. Dove 2023-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10075260/ /pubmed/37033397 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S405729 Text en © 2023 Alsulami et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Alsulami, Salhah
Althagafi, Nouf
Hazazi, Eman
Alsayed, Razan
Alghamdi, Majd
Almohammadi, Thikra
Almurashi, Saleh
Baig, Mukhtiar
Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia
title Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia
title_full Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia
title_short Obesity and Its Associations with Gender, Smoking, Consumption of Sugary Drinks, and Hour of Sleep Among King Abdulaziz University Students in Saudi Arabia
title_sort obesity and its associations with gender, smoking, consumption of sugary drinks, and hour of sleep among king abdulaziz university students in saudi arabia
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10075260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37033397
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S405729
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