The association of dietary behaviors and practices with overweight and obesity parameters among Saudi university students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Western dietary habits, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, are potential contributors to the prevalence and rapid increase in the incidence of obesity in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to investigate the association between students' weight status and their eating behaviors and practices. Another aim was to assess students' awareness of the health risks associated with obesity.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a sample of 416 (53% male and 47% female) undergraduate students, aged 18-26 years old, between January 6 and April 6, 2019, from colleges of Health Sciences at Jazan University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (K.S.A). Students completed a self-administered questionnaire and recorded their measured anthropometric parameters.

Results

SUBMITTER: Syed NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482918 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature