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Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults

This study aims to investigate the association of vitamin D (VD) knowledge, behavior, and attitude with BMI status among Saudi adults. This cross-sectional online survey included a total of 774 participants (M/F: 239/535). Knowledge about the overall sources of VD was highest in OB participants in c...

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Autores principales: Al-Daghri, Nasser M., Alfawaz, Hanan, Khan, Nasiruddin, Al-Saleh, Yousef, Aljohani, Naji J., Aldisi, Dara, Alkhaldi, Ghadah, Alqarni, Amani M., Almasoudi, Hadeel O., Alshehri, Lina A., Alanzi, Rinad M., Khattak, Malak N. K., Elsaid, Mohamed A., Alokail, Majed S.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078823
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711107
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author Al-Daghri, Nasser M.
Alfawaz, Hanan
Khan, Nasiruddin
Al-Saleh, Yousef
Aljohani, Naji J.
Aldisi, Dara
Alkhaldi, Ghadah
Alqarni, Amani M.
Almasoudi, Hadeel O.
Alshehri, Lina A.
Alanzi, Rinad M.
Khattak, Malak N. K.
Elsaid, Mohamed A.
Alokail, Majed S.
author_facet Al-Daghri, Nasser M.
Alfawaz, Hanan
Khan, Nasiruddin
Al-Saleh, Yousef
Aljohani, Naji J.
Aldisi, Dara
Alkhaldi, Ghadah
Alqarni, Amani M.
Almasoudi, Hadeel O.
Alshehri, Lina A.
Alanzi, Rinad M.
Khattak, Malak N. K.
Elsaid, Mohamed A.
Alokail, Majed S.
author_sort Al-Daghri, Nasser M.
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description This study aims to investigate the association of vitamin D (VD) knowledge, behavior, and attitude with BMI status among Saudi adults. This cross-sectional online survey included a total of 774 participants (M/F: 239/535). Knowledge about the overall sources of VD was highest in OB participants in correctly identifying sunlight (95.1%; p < 0.001) while significantly more OW participants answered food (83.1%; p = 0.04) and fortified food (66.5%; p = 0.02). However, 18.9% of OB participants also wrongly identified air as a VD source and this was significantly higher than in other groups (p = 0.03). OW participants were 50% less likely to identify salmon and fish oil (odds ratio, OR 0.5 (95% Confidence interval, CI 0.4–0.7); p < 0.01) and 40% more likely to identify chicken (OR 1.4 (1.0–1.9); p < 0.05) as dietary sources of VD than controls. On the other hand, OB participants were almost three times more likely to know that sunlight exposure is the main source of VD than controls (OR 2.65 (1.2–6.0); p < 0.05). In conclusion, while VD knowledge overall was apparently high in Saudi adults regardless of BMI status, the quality of knowledge among OB and OW individuals appear inconsistent, particularly in terms of identifying the right VD sources. Public health awareness campaigns should include the correction of VD misconceptions so that high-risk populations are able to make well-informed decisions in achieving optimal VD levels.
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spelling pubmed-95181292022-09-29 Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults Al-Daghri, Nasser M. Alfawaz, Hanan Khan, Nasiruddin Al-Saleh, Yousef Aljohani, Naji J. Aldisi, Dara Alkhaldi, Ghadah Alqarni, Amani M. Almasoudi, Hadeel O. Alshehri, Lina A. Alanzi, Rinad M. Khattak, Malak N. K. Elsaid, Mohamed A. Alokail, Majed S. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aims to investigate the association of vitamin D (VD) knowledge, behavior, and attitude with BMI status among Saudi adults. This cross-sectional online survey included a total of 774 participants (M/F: 239/535). Knowledge about the overall sources of VD was highest in OB participants in correctly identifying sunlight (95.1%; p < 0.001) while significantly more OW participants answered food (83.1%; p = 0.04) and fortified food (66.5%; p = 0.02). However, 18.9% of OB participants also wrongly identified air as a VD source and this was significantly higher than in other groups (p = 0.03). OW participants were 50% less likely to identify salmon and fish oil (odds ratio, OR 0.5 (95% Confidence interval, CI 0.4–0.7); p < 0.01) and 40% more likely to identify chicken (OR 1.4 (1.0–1.9); p < 0.05) as dietary sources of VD than controls. On the other hand, OB participants were almost three times more likely to know that sunlight exposure is the main source of VD than controls (OR 2.65 (1.2–6.0); p < 0.05). In conclusion, while VD knowledge overall was apparently high in Saudi adults regardless of BMI status, the quality of knowledge among OB and OW individuals appear inconsistent, particularly in terms of identifying the right VD sources. Public health awareness campaigns should include the correction of VD misconceptions so that high-risk populations are able to make well-informed decisions in achieving optimal VD levels. MDPI 2022-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9518129/ /pubmed/36078823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711107 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Al-Daghri, Nasser M.
Alfawaz, Hanan
Khan, Nasiruddin
Al-Saleh, Yousef
Aljohani, Naji J.
Aldisi, Dara
Alkhaldi, Ghadah
Alqarni, Amani M.
Almasoudi, Hadeel O.
Alshehri, Lina A.
Alanzi, Rinad M.
Khattak, Malak N. K.
Elsaid, Mohamed A.
Alokail, Majed S.
Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults
title Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults
title_full Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults
title_fullStr Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults
title_full_unstemmed Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults
title_short Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults
title_sort association of vitamin d knowledge, behavior and attitude with bmi status among arab adults
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078823
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191711107
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