Prevalence of obesity among male adolescents in Arar Saudi Arabia: Future risk of cardiovascular disease

Alenazi, Shehab Ahmed; Koura, Hala M.; Zaki, Sherif Mohamed; Mohamed, Ayman H

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.158864

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“…Adolescent girls with a family size > 5 were 1.6 times more likely to be thin than those from a family with ≤ 5 people. This finding is supported by studies conducted in the city of Arar [ 45 ], Nigeria [ 46 ], and the Amhara Region [ 17 ]. Large families may share food among family members [ 20 ], constraining the availability of adequate amount of quality food [ 47 ].…”

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Undernutrition and its determinants among adolescent girls in low land area of Southern Ethiopia

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Background Undernutrition is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among adolescent girls worldwide, especially in South-East Asia and Africa. Even though adolescence is a window of opportunity to break the intergenerational cycle of undernutrition, adolescent girls are a neglected group. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status and associated factors among adolescent girls in the Wolaita and Hadiya zones of Southern Ethiopia. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted, and a multistage random sampling method was used to select a sample of 843 adolescent girls. Anthropometric measurements were collected from all participants and entered in the WHO Anthro plus software for Z-score analysis. The data was analyzed using EPI-data 4.4.2 and SPSS version 21.0. The odds ratios for logistic regression along with a 95% confidence interval (CI) were generated. A P-value < 0.05 was declared as the level of statistical significance. Result Thinness (27.5%) and stunting (8.8%) are found to be public health problems in the study area. Age [AOR(adjusted odds ratio) (95% CI) = 2.91 (2.03–4.173)], large family size [AOR (95% CI) = 1.63(1.105–2.396)], low monthly income [AOR (95% CI) = 2.54(1.66–3.87)], not taking deworming tablets [AOR (95% CI) = 1.56(1.11–21)], low educational status of the father [AOR (95% CI) = 2.45(1.02–5.86)], the source of food for the family only from market [AOR (95% CI) = 5.14(2.1–12.8)], not visited by health extension workers [AOR (95% CI) = 1.72(1.7–2.4)], and not washing hand with soap before eating and after using the toilet [AOR (95% CI) = 2.25(1.079–4.675)] were positively associated with poor nutritional status of adolescent girls in the Wolaita and Hadiya zones, Southern Ethiopia. Conclusion Thinness and stunting were found to be high in the study area. Age, family size, monthly household income, regularly skipping meals, fathers’ educational status, visits by health extension workers, and nutrition services decision-making are the main predictors of thinness. Hand washing practice, visits by health extension workers, and nutrition services decision-making are the main predictors of stunting among adolescent girls. Multisectoral community-based, adolescent health and nutrition programs should be implemented.

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Undernutrition and its determinants among adolescent girls in low land area of Southern Ethiopia

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“…Similar findings were previously reported in various studies among Saudi adolescents. The prevalence of skipping breakfast among adolescents in Abha city was 49%, in Riyadh 47%, in Jeddah 54% and in Arar 40.9% [ 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ]. The high prevalence of skipping breakfast among adolescents in Saudi Arabia could be due to the early start of the school day as students might not have enough time to have their breakfast before leaving home or not having the appetite.…”

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Dietary Behavior of Adolescents in the Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia: A Comparison between Cities with and without the Healthy Cities Program

Alasqah

Mahmud

East

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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This study reports dietary behaviors of adolescents in the Qassim region, Saudi Arabia, and comparison of these behaviors between cities with and without the Healthy Cities Program (HCP). We surveyed 1133 school-attending adolescents aged 15–19, using a multi-staged cluster sampling with probability proportionate to size. Prevalence of daily breakfast consumption was 27.7% among the adolescents. Prevalence of daily vegetables, fruits and milk or milk products consumption was 35.9%, 28.6% and 51.1%, respectively. Meanwhile, the prevalence of daily consumption of fast-food and carbonated drinks was 7.5% and 37.1%, respectively. There was no significant association between living in the healthy cities and daily intake of breakfast (OR: 1.15, 95% CI: 0.87–1.53), fruits (OR: 1.02; 95% CI: 0.77–1.36), vegetables (OR: 1.27; 95% CI: 0.98–1.67), or milk/milk products (OR: 1.0; 95% CI: 0.77–1.29); and the daily intake of fast-food (OR: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.49–1.35) or carbonated drinks (OR: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.60–1.05). These findings warrant further in-depth evaluation of the HCP in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.

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“…Most of the selected studies had a cross-sectional study design (n=20), and only one study conducted by Alenezi et al had a retrospective design. 41 Among these selected studies, 2 studies were national surveys, 31,34 and 19 studies were regional studies conducted in some cities of NBP; 16 were from Arar, [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]33,[35][36][37][38][39][40][41] 2 studies were from Turaif, 22,32 and only 1 study from Rafha. 21 Most of these studies (about 90%) rely on self-report chronic diseases gathered by interviews or questionnaires.…”

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“…21 Most of these studies (about 90%) rely on self-report chronic diseases gathered by interviews or questionnaires. Among included studies, seven studies were community-based, 22,28,[30][31][32][33][34] five studies were schools-based, 23,26,27,38,39 and eight studies were hospital-based. 21,24,29,[35][36][37]40,41 The sample size of included studies ranged from 100 to 23,522.…”

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A Systematic Review of Chronic Diseases and Their Prevalence Among the Population of Northern Borders Province (NBP) in Saudi Arabia

Alenzi¹,

Fatima²,

Amara³

et al. 2023

JMDH

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Estimation of the prevalence of chronic conditions is pivotal to effective healthcare planning and management. Therefore, our objective was to systemically review previous literature about the prevalence of chronic diseases among residents of Northern Borders Province (NBP) in Saudi Arabia. The electronic search has been done using scientific databases (PubMed, Ebsco, SciFinder, and Web of Science) and search engines up to September 2021. The following main key terms: chronic disease OR chronic conditions AND prevalence AND Northern Borders Province OR Northern Borders AND Saudi Arabia were applied. Other related terms with a more specific search were done with names of the main cities in the province and the most common diseases in Saudi Arabia. Duplicates were removed electronically by Endnote and manually. Extracted data were tabulated in the literature matrix. The risk of bias and quality of included studies were assessed using the "Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology" (STROBE) checklist. Out of 63 observational studies that were assessed for eligibility, 21 observational studies were included to synthesize the evidence. These studies were conducted on Arar (n=16), Turaif (n=2), and Rafha (n=1), while the remaining were national studies in which NBP was one of the included regions (n=2). The most frequently studied diseases were diabetes (4 records), psychological diseases (4 records), and obesity (3 records). The most prevalent disease was gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), with an estimated prevalence of 61% among adults in Arar city. In conclusion, although some research is conducted about chronic diseases somewhere in NBP, further studies are needed to study chronic diseases using a representative sample of the whole NBP population.

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Prevalence of obesity among male adolescents in Arar Saudi Arabia: Future risk of cardiovascular disease

Cited by 16 publications

References 23 publications

Undernutrition and its determinants among adolescent girls in low land area of Southern Ethiopia

Undernutrition and its determinants among adolescent girls in low land area of Southern Ethiopia

Dietary Behavior of Adolescents in the Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia: A Comparison between Cities with and without the Healthy Cities Program

A Systematic Review of Chronic Diseases and Their Prevalence Among the Population of Northern Borders Province (NBP) in Saudi Arabia

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