Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of the risk of overweight and overweight in Qatari children ages 9 through 11 and to compare the prevalence using CDC and IOTF cut-offs. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional study in a randomly selected sample of 1,213 Qatari children was carried out. Weight and height were measured and BMI was calculated for all children. The risk of overweight and overweight were defined using as references both the CDC BMI percentiles for age and gender and IOTF cut-off values. Findings – Weight, height, and BMI increased with age and differences were significant ( p , 0.0001). According to the CDC and IOTF references, the overall prevalence of the risk of overweight af...
Background and aims: Obesity and overweight among children and adolescents have caused a prime publi...
Background: Childhood obesity is a national as well as worldwide problem. The aim of this study was ...
Introduction: Obesity and overweight are one of the health problems in developed and developing coun...
The study was conducted to analyze the patterns of growth in height and weight and the prevalence of...
Overweight and obesity are major public health issues worldwide impacting millions of people. The pr...
Obesity is currently an escalating epidemic that affects many countries in the world where this cond...
(1) Background: This study aimed to examine the distribution of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) ...
Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of general and abdominal obesit...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Masters Degree in the Departme...
Obesity is a serious epidemic that is increasing rapidly worldwide. Obesity in the UAE is associated...
BACKGROUND: Kuwait is one of the Arab countries with the highest prevalence of overweight or obesity...
Introduction: Obesity has been recognized as a major public health problem worldwide that requires p...
Background/Aims: There are limited data on regional variation of overweight and obesity in the Kingd...
Background & Objective: Limited data are available on the prevalence of overweight in infants and ch...
Childhood obesity is increasing in frequency worldwide with including developing countries, while it...
Background and aims: Obesity and overweight among children and adolescents have caused a prime publi...
Background: Childhood obesity is a national as well as worldwide problem. The aim of this study was ...
Introduction: Obesity and overweight are one of the health problems in developed and developing coun...
The study was conducted to analyze the patterns of growth in height and weight and the prevalence of...
Overweight and obesity are major public health issues worldwide impacting millions of people. The pr...
Obesity is currently an escalating epidemic that affects many countries in the world where this cond...
(1) Background: This study aimed to examine the distribution of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) ...
Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of general and abdominal obesit...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Masters Degree in the Departme...
Obesity is a serious epidemic that is increasing rapidly worldwide. Obesity in the UAE is associated...
BACKGROUND: Kuwait is one of the Arab countries with the highest prevalence of overweight or obesity...
Introduction: Obesity has been recognized as a major public health problem worldwide that requires p...
Background/Aims: There are limited data on regional variation of overweight and obesity in the Kingd...
Background & Objective: Limited data are available on the prevalence of overweight in infants and ch...
Childhood obesity is increasing in frequency worldwide with including developing countries, while it...
Background and aims: Obesity and overweight among children and adolescents have caused a prime publi...
Background: Childhood obesity is a national as well as worldwide problem. The aim of this study was ...
Introduction: Obesity and overweight are one of the health problems in developed and developing coun...