Obesity in Gulf Countries
Open Access
- 1 January 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Kezana LLC FZ in International Journal of Health Sciences
- Vol. 8 (1), 79-83
- https://doi.org/10.12816/0006074
Abstract
Globally obesity has reached to epidemic proportions, and the people of the Gulf countries have also affected, especially high-income, oil-producing countries. The prevalence of obesity in Gulf Countries among children and adolescents ranges from 5% to 14% in males and from 3% to 18% in females. In adult females there is a significant increase of obesity with a prevalence of 2%–55% and in adult males 1%–30% in countries of gulf region.Keywords
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