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

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

To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity using World Health Organisation (WHO) cut-offs for the body mass index (BMI) among students of the general population living in Qatar in the period 2015–2016. Cross-sectional study. The study includes 164,963 students aged 5–19 years. The body wei...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public health (London) 2018-07, Vol.160, p.143-149
Hauptverfasser: Al-Thani, M., Al-Thani, A., Alyafei, S., Al-Chetachi, W., Khalifa, S.E., Ahmed, A., Ahmad, A., Vinodson, B., Akram, H.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease prevention
Female
Females
Health
Humans
Male
Males
Obesity
Overweight
Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology
Prevalence
Prevention
Qatar
Qatar - epidemiology
Risk Factors
Students
Students - statistics & numerical data
Thinness
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity using World Health Organisation (WHO) cut-offs for the body mass index (BMI) among students of the general population living in Qatar in the period 2015–2016. Cross-sectional study. The study includes 164,963 students aged 5–19 years. The body weight and height were measured to calculate the BMI. The WHO standard cut-offs were used to categorise the BMI into severe thinness (BMI z-score
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.020