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Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents

BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the relationships between obesity and lifestyle factors is necessary for effective prevention and management of obesity in youth. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between obesity measures and several lifestyle factors, incl...

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Autores principales: Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M, Abahussain, Nada A, Al-Sobayel, Hana I, Qahwaji, Dina M, Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22591544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-354
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author Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M
Abahussain, Nada A
Al-Sobayel, Hana I
Qahwaji, Dina M
Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
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Abahussain, Nada A
Al-Sobayel, Hana I
Qahwaji, Dina M
Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
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description BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the relationships between obesity and lifestyle factors is necessary for effective prevention and management of obesity in youth. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between obesity measures and several lifestyle factors, including physical activity, sedentary behaviors and dietary habits among Saudi adolescents aged 14–19 years. METHODS: This was a school-based cross-sectional study that was conducted in three cities in Saudi Arabia (Al-Khobar, Jeddah and Riyadh). The participants were 2906 secondary school males (1400) and females (1506) aged 14–19 years, who were randomly selected using a multistage stratified cluster sampling technique. Measurements included weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist/height ratio (WHtR), screen time (television viewing, video games and computer use), physical activity (determined using a validated questionnaire), and dietary habits (intake frequency per week). Logistic regression was used to examine the associations between obesity and lifestyle factors. RESULTS: Compared with non-obese, obese males and females were significantly less active, especially in terms of vigorous activity, had less favorable dietary habits (e.g., lower intake of breakfast, fruits and milk), but had lower intake of sugar-sweetened drinks and sweets/chocolates. Logistic regression analysis showed that overweight/obesity (based on BMI categories) or abdominal obesity (based on WHtR categories) were significantly and inversely associated with vigorous physical activity levels (aOR for high level = 0.69, 95% CI 0.41–0.92 for BMI and 0.63, 95% CI 0.45–0.89 for WHtR) and frequency of breakfast (aOR for < 3 days/week = 1.44; 95% CI 1.20–1.71 for BMI and 1.47; 95% CI 1.22–1.76 for WHtR) and vegetable (aOR for < 3 days/week = 1.29; 95% CI 1.03–1.59 for WHtR) intakes, and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (aOR for < 3 days/week = 1.32; 95% CI 1.08–1.62 for BMI and 1.42; 95% CI 1.16–1.75 for WHtR). CONCLUSIONS: The present study identified several lifestyle factors associated with obesity that may represent valid targets for the prevention and management of obesity among Saudi adolescents. Primary prevention of obesity by promoting active lifestyles and healthy diets should be a national public health priority.
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spelling pubmed-34333592012-09-05 Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M Abahussain, Nada A Al-Sobayel, Hana I Qahwaji, Dina M Musaiger, Abdulrahman O BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: A better understanding of the relationships between obesity and lifestyle factors is necessary for effective prevention and management of obesity in youth. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the associations between obesity measures and several lifestyle factors, including physical activity, sedentary behaviors and dietary habits among Saudi adolescents aged 14–19 years. METHODS: This was a school-based cross-sectional study that was conducted in three cities in Saudi Arabia (Al-Khobar, Jeddah and Riyadh). The participants were 2906 secondary school males (1400) and females (1506) aged 14–19 years, who were randomly selected using a multistage stratified cluster sampling technique. Measurements included weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, waist/height ratio (WHtR), screen time (television viewing, video games and computer use), physical activity (determined using a validated questionnaire), and dietary habits (intake frequency per week). Logistic regression was used to examine the associations between obesity and lifestyle factors. RESULTS: Compared with non-obese, obese males and females were significantly less active, especially in terms of vigorous activity, had less favorable dietary habits (e.g., lower intake of breakfast, fruits and milk), but had lower intake of sugar-sweetened drinks and sweets/chocolates. Logistic regression analysis showed that overweight/obesity (based on BMI categories) or abdominal obesity (based on WHtR categories) were significantly and inversely associated with vigorous physical activity levels (aOR for high level = 0.69, 95% CI 0.41–0.92 for BMI and 0.63, 95% CI 0.45–0.89 for WHtR) and frequency of breakfast (aOR for < 3 days/week = 1.44; 95% CI 1.20–1.71 for BMI and 1.47; 95% CI 1.22–1.76 for WHtR) and vegetable (aOR for < 3 days/week = 1.29; 95% CI 1.03–1.59 for WHtR) intakes, and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (aOR for < 3 days/week = 1.32; 95% CI 1.08–1.62 for BMI and 1.42; 95% CI 1.16–1.75 for WHtR). CONCLUSIONS: The present study identified several lifestyle factors associated with obesity that may represent valid targets for the prevention and management of obesity among Saudi adolescents. Primary prevention of obesity by promoting active lifestyles and healthy diets should be a national public health priority. BioMed Central 2012-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3433359/ /pubmed/22591544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-354 Text en Copyright ©2012 Al-Hazzaa et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M
Abahussain, Nada A
Al-Sobayel, Hana I
Qahwaji, Dina M
Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents
title Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents
title_full Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents
title_fullStr Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents
title_short Lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among Saudi adolescents
title_sort lifestyle factors associated with overweight and obesity among saudi adolescents
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3433359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22591544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-354
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