The prevalence and characteristics of overweight and obesity among students in Qatar

Al-Thani, Mohammed; Al-Thani, Al-Anoud; Alyafei, Salah A.; Al-Chetachi, Walaa; Khalifa, S.E.; Ahmed, Amran; Ahmad, Aryati; Vinodson, Benjamin; Akram, Hammad

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.020

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“…Furthermore, there is a need to clarify the associations between factors such as %BF and fitness affecting the physical performance in team handball players. The overall overweight and obesity prevalence among male adolescent in Qatar was higher [28] than the global prevalence of obesity and overweight (18%) reported by the WHO in 2016. Due to sedentary lifestyles, the number of overweight adolescents in Qatar is increasing every day while their level of physical activity and motor skills is declining.…”

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Body Fat Is a Predictor of Physical Fitness in Obese Adolescent Handball Athletes

Hermassi

Bragazzi

Majed

2020

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We examined the relationships between body fat (BF) and field measures of physical fitness in adolescent handball players. Twenty nine players (age: 16.6 ± 1.72 years; body mass: 79.8 ± 17.0 kg; height: 1.70 ± 0.12 m; body fat: 27.7 ± 8.67%) from Qatar handball first league performed a series of anthropometric and fitness tests related to their performance in sprinting (i.e., 15 m and 30 m sprint), jumping (i.e., countermovement and squat jumps), throwing (i.e., 3 kg medicine ball seated front throw) and running (i.e., agility T-Half and Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 1 tests). Significant differences between obese and non-obese groups, classified based on age-stratified %BF norms, were found, with the largest difference being attributed to aerobic performance on the Yo-Yo test. Results indicated no significant relationships between anthropometric variables and sprinting or jumping abilities. %BF predicted a significant 8–15% portion in running performances of agility and aerobic capacity, while the latter were mainly explained by body height and mass. %BF was the only and strongest predictor of throwing performance, being an important determinant of performance in handball. Optimizing %BF should be considered as a training and nutrition goal in order to improve sport performance.

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Body Fat Is a Predictor of Physical Fitness in Obese Adolescent Handball Athletes

Hermassi

Bragazzi

Majed

2020

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“…This have contributed to change in lifestyle that is characterized by poor nutrition and lack of exercise. All of these mentioned factors have led to an overall increase in the prevalence of obesity, diabetes mellitus, and NCDs in general (12)…”

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“…Al Thani M and colleagues reported an overall overweight and obesity prevalence of 44.8% and 40.4%, respectively, among students in Qatar. In addition, they found that among students “males had 1.48 times higher odds of having obesity than females” (12). We noticed the same trend in our study that demonstrated that among children aged (0-10) the prevalence of overweight/obesity was consistently higher among boys when compared to girls in all geographical regions.…”

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Epidemiological health assessment in primary health care in the State of Qatar-2019

Al‐Kuwari

Abdulla

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Objectives: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Qatar conducted epidemiological health assessment to understand the burden of diseases impacting the PHCC registered population Design: This is a cross-sectional study design among all PHCC registered population between the 1st of September 2018 and the 31st of August 2019 Setting: Primary Health Care Corporation health centers Participants: The target population is all persons residing in Qatar aged (0-80) years and registered at the PHCC. Excluding patients with expired Qatar residence permit by the 31st of August Results: Obesity rates ranged between 37% and 35% among the total population registered with the lowest rate in the central region at 34.7%. Burden of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia was the highest among population of the Central region at 13.9%, 15.7% and 11.1%, respectively. Tobacco consumption among males ranged from 25.4 % to 27.8%, with the highest rate in the Northern region. 39.9% of females in the Northern region had BMI above 30 kg/m2. Exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months was significantly lower than that at 4 months across all regions. Children in the Northern region had the highest rate of overweight/obesity based on Z-scores. Western region population had the highest number of communicable diseases notifications especially Chicken pox at 94.6 per 10,000 children Conclusion: Understanding the patterns of disease in the local population will enable PHCC to provide a clear set of objectives to work towards meeting population health needs Keywords: NCDs, Breastfeeding, Primary Care, Communicable Diseases, Qatar

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“…The present study investigated effectiveness of an intervention consisting of a weight management camp followed by a community intervention, consisting of weekly after-school sessions involving lifestyle education and exercise activities. The intervention took place in Qatar, where the prevalence of obesity has been estimated to be as high as 25% for children aged 10-14 [18]. Obesity prevalence appears to increase with childhood age to a peak around age 12-13 [18,19], indicating a need for effective interventions targeting children of this age.…”

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“…The intervention took place in Qatar, where the prevalence of obesity has been estimated to be as high as 25% for children aged 10-14 [18]. Obesity prevalence appears to increase with childhood age to a peak around age 12-13 [18,19], indicating a need for effective interventions targeting children of this age.…”

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Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity

Vlaev

Taylor

et al. 2021

BMC Public Health

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Background Childhood obesity is a major global health concern. Weight-management camps involving delivery of a program of physical activity, health education, and healthy eating are an effective treatment, although post-intervention weight-management is less well understood. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a weight-management camp followed by a community intervention in supporting weight-management for overweight children and children with obesity. Methods Participants were overweight Qatari schoolchildren or schoolchildren with obesity, ages 8–14 years, (n = 300) recruited over a three-year period across 14 randomly selected schools in the Doha area. They attended a two-week weight management camp, then a 10-week program of weekly lifestyle education and physical activity sessions, which also included behavior change techniques. The programme was cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-focused with a strong element of behavioural economics blended in. Results Participants saw a significant BMI SDS reduction as a result of the entire intervention (camp + education and activity sessions) both at the individual (p < 0.0001) and cluster/school (p = 0.0002) levels, and weight loss occurred during each intervention stage separately for the camp (p < 0.0001 for both the individual and cluster/school levels) and the lifestyle education and activity phase (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.0220 at the individual and cluster/school levels, respectively). Conclusions Weekly lifestyle education and activity sessions which include behavior change techniques may be useful in promoting continued weight management in the period following intensive, immersive childhood obesity interventions. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02972164, November 23, 2016.

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The prevalence and characteristics of overweight and obesity among students in Qatar

Cited by 37 publications

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Body Fat Is a Predictor of Physical Fitness in Obese Adolescent Handball Athletes

Body Fat Is a Predictor of Physical Fitness in Obese Adolescent Handball Athletes

Epidemiological health assessment in primary health care in the State of Qatar-2019

Testing a multicomponent lifestyle intervention for combatting childhood obesity

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