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Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013

INTRODUCTION: Data on obesity from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are nonexistent, making it impossible to determine whether the efforts of the Saudi Ministry of Health are having an effect on obesity trends. To determine obesity prevalence and associated factors in the KSA, we conducted a nation...

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Autores principales: Memish, Ziad A., El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Tuffaha, Marwa, Robinson, Margaret, Daoud, Farah, Jaber, Sara, Mikhitarian, Sarah, Al Saeedi, Mohammed, AlMazroa, Mohammad A., Mokdad, Ali H., Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25299980
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140236
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author Memish, Ziad A.
El Bcheraoui, Charbel
Tuffaha, Marwa
Robinson, Margaret
Daoud, Farah
Jaber, Sara
Mikhitarian, Sarah
Al Saeedi, Mohammed
AlMazroa, Mohammad A.
Mokdad, Ali H.
Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A.
author_facet Memish, Ziad A.
El Bcheraoui, Charbel
Tuffaha, Marwa
Robinson, Margaret
Daoud, Farah
Jaber, Sara
Mikhitarian, Sarah
Al Saeedi, Mohammed
AlMazroa, Mohammad A.
Mokdad, Ali H.
Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A.
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description INTRODUCTION: Data on obesity from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are nonexistent, making it impossible to determine whether the efforts of the Saudi Ministry of Health are having an effect on obesity trends. To determine obesity prevalence and associated factors in the KSA, we conducted a national survey on chronic diseases and their risk factors. METHODS: We interviewed 10,735 Saudis aged 15 years or older (51.1% women) through a multistage survey. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, health-related habits and behaviors, diet, physical activity, chronic diseases, access to and use of health care, and anthropometric measurements were collected through computer-assisted personal interviews. We first compared sociodemographic factors and body mass index between men and women. Next, we conducted a sex-specific analysis for obesity and its associated factors using backward elimination multivariate logistic regression models. We used SAS 9.3 for the statistical analyses and to account for the complex sampling design. RESULTS: Of the 10,735 participants evaluated, 28.7% were obese (body mass index ≥30 kg/m(2)). Prevalence of obesity was higher among women (33.5% vs 24.1%). Among men, obesity was associated with marital status, diet, physical activity, diagnoses of diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. Among women, obesity was associated with marital status, education, history of chronic conditions, and hypertension. CONCLUSION: Obesity remains strongly associated with diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension in the KSA, although the epidemic’s characteristics differ between men and women.
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spelling pubmed-41930602014-10-14 Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013 Memish, Ziad A. El Bcheraoui, Charbel Tuffaha, Marwa Robinson, Margaret Daoud, Farah Jaber, Sara Mikhitarian, Sarah Al Saeedi, Mohammed AlMazroa, Mohammad A. Mokdad, Ali H. Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A. Prev Chronic Dis Original Research INTRODUCTION: Data on obesity from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are nonexistent, making it impossible to determine whether the efforts of the Saudi Ministry of Health are having an effect on obesity trends. To determine obesity prevalence and associated factors in the KSA, we conducted a national survey on chronic diseases and their risk factors. METHODS: We interviewed 10,735 Saudis aged 15 years or older (51.1% women) through a multistage survey. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, health-related habits and behaviors, diet, physical activity, chronic diseases, access to and use of health care, and anthropometric measurements were collected through computer-assisted personal interviews. We first compared sociodemographic factors and body mass index between men and women. Next, we conducted a sex-specific analysis for obesity and its associated factors using backward elimination multivariate logistic regression models. We used SAS 9.3 for the statistical analyses and to account for the complex sampling design. RESULTS: Of the 10,735 participants evaluated, 28.7% were obese (body mass index ≥30 kg/m(2)). Prevalence of obesity was higher among women (33.5% vs 24.1%). Among men, obesity was associated with marital status, diet, physical activity, diagnoses of diabetes and hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. Among women, obesity was associated with marital status, education, history of chronic conditions, and hypertension. CONCLUSION: Obesity remains strongly associated with diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension in the KSA, although the epidemic’s characteristics differ between men and women. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4193060/ /pubmed/25299980 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140236 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Memish, Ziad A.
El Bcheraoui, Charbel
Tuffaha, Marwa
Robinson, Margaret
Daoud, Farah
Jaber, Sara
Mikhitarian, Sarah
Al Saeedi, Mohammed
AlMazroa, Mohammad A.
Mokdad, Ali H.
Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A.
Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013
title Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013
title_full Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013
title_fullStr Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013
title_full_unstemmed Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013
title_short Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013
title_sort obesity and associated factors — kingdom of saudi arabia, 2013
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25299980
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140236
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