Prevalence Of Obesity In Saudi Arabia

This is similar to previous reports conducted between 1985 and 2011 1 7 14 15 and higher than the most recent national survey conducted in 2013 for saudi arabia overall 13 indicating the lack of effect of obesity prevention programs in the western region of the kingdom.

Prevalence of obesity in saudi arabia. In saudi arabia obesity is becoming one of the most important public health problems. Using data of 5000 saudis ex tracted from 30 primar y healthcare centers the study finds overall obesity prevalence of 63 6 in hail region. High prevalence of overweight and obesity is observed at regional and national level. Based on the national nutrition survey of 2007 the prevalence of obesity in the ksa was 23 6 in women and 14 in men.

Obesity in saudi arabia is a growing health concern with health officials stating that it is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in saudi arabia. Provide epidemiological data on obesity prevalence in hail ksa. To determine obesity prevalence and associated factors in the ksa we conducted a national survey on chronic diseases and their risk factors. According to gender obesity was found in 26 2 among men and 29 1 among women.

The prevalence of overweight in the community was determined to be 30 7 for men as compared to 28 4 for the women. And among both males and females. Saudi arabia is among the gulf cooperation council gcc countries that has experienced a high prevalence rate of obesity and overweight. Our study included 1681 adults visiting primary care centres in the southwestern region of saudi arabia.

Data on obesity from the kingdom of saudi arabia ksa are nonexistent making it impossible to determine whether the efforts of the saudi ministry of health are having an effect on obesity trends. The overall prevalence of obesity was approximately 35 in both sexes. According to forbes saudi arabia ranks 29 on a 2007 list of the fattest countries with a percentage of 68 3 of its citizens being overweight bmi 25. Furthermore 71 females and 56 2 males are obese in the region.

The main findings showed that the overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was respectively 38 3 and 27 6. Similarly ahmed et al. Reaching 13 4 and 18 2 of overweight and obesity. Published by statista research department aug 26 2020 this statistic presents the prevalence of obesity among adults aged 18 years and older in saudi arabia from 2007 to 2016.

Another study conducted by al nozha mm et al between 1995 and2000 examined 17 232 saudi subjects stats that the overall prevalence of obesity is 35 5 3.