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Doshi, T., Alqubali, H., Al-khamis, A., lahsah, A., Mohzari, R., Assiri, M., Mari, N., Mohammed, L., moafa, K., AL-Aql, A. (2017). Assessment of The Effectiveness of Lifestyle on BMI in Adult People in Saudi Arabia, 2017. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(3), 2105-2108. doi: 10.12816/0041067
Tahani Abdullah Doshi; Hind Fahad Alqubali; Aqeela Najim Al-khamis; Amnah Essa Abu lahsah; Rahma Ibrahim Mohzari; Mohammed Hadi Assiri; Nouf Mohammed Mari; Layla Ali Hussin Mohammed; Khetam hamod moafa; Abdulrahman Fahad AL-Aql. "Assessment of The Effectiveness of Lifestyle on BMI in Adult People in Saudi Arabia, 2017". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69, 3, 2017, 2105-2108. doi: 10.12816/0041067
Doshi, T., Alqubali, H., Al-khamis, A., lahsah, A., Mohzari, R., Assiri, M., Mari, N., Mohammed, L., moafa, K., AL-Aql, A. (2017). 'Assessment of The Effectiveness of Lifestyle on BMI in Adult People in Saudi Arabia, 2017', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(3), pp. 2105-2108. doi: 10.12816/0041067
Doshi, T., Alqubali, H., Al-khamis, A., lahsah, A., Mohzari, R., Assiri, M., Mari, N., Mohammed, L., moafa, K., AL-Aql, A. Assessment of The Effectiveness of Lifestyle on BMI in Adult People in Saudi Arabia, 2017. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2017; 69(3): 2105-2108. doi: 10.12816/0041067

Assessment of The Effectiveness of Lifestyle on BMI in Adult People in Saudi Arabia, 2017

Article 19, Volume 69, Issue 3, October 2017, Page 2105-2108  XML PDF (330.99 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0041067
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Authors
Tahani Abdullah Doshi1; Hind Fahad Alqubali2; Aqeela Najim Al-khamis3; Amnah Essa Abu lahsah4; Rahma Ibrahim Mohzari4; Mohammed Hadi Assiri5; Nouf Mohammed Mari4; Layla Ali Hussin Mohammed4; Khetam hamod moafa4; Abdulrahman Fahad AL-Aql6
1jazan University
2Tabuk University
3Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
4Jazan University
5Armed Forces Hospital, South Region
6Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
Abstract
Background: food habits and lifestyle significantly affect the prevalence of overweight and obesity thus impact the body mass index (BMI) among Saudi population.
Objectives: assessments of the impact of lifestyle on the BMI among the adult population in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Subjects and Methods: a cross sectional study conducted on 1055 adult Saudi subjects aged between 20-40 years old. A predesigned questionnaire was distributed among included subjects from January 2017- May 2017consisted of questions about subject’s demographics, anthropometric measures, and lifestyle.
Results: this study included 1055 subjects from which 40.9% normal, 5.9% were underweight, 25% were overweight, 17.1% were obese, 8.4% were severely obese and 2.7% were morbidly obese. Being female, older age and smoking were significantly related to overweight and obesity. The bad lifestyle habits, lack of exercise and watching TV and video games were significantly associated with a high prevalence of obesity and overweight among studied subjects.
Conclusion: bad lifestyle habits, smoking, not practicing physical exercise and using entertainment means for a long time significantly increased the BMI thus revealing high rates of overweight and obesity.
 
Keywords
Lifestyle; BMI; Obesity; Adult; KSA
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