Prevalence and determinants of overweight/obesity among school-aged adolescents in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study of private and public schools.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence and predictors of obesity among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Private and public secondary schools.

Participants

Adolescents aged 13-19 years; 434 (46.6%) from private schools and 498 (53.4%) from public schools.

Measures

Self-report questionnaires were used to assess adolescents' sociodemographic factors, fruit/vegetable (F/V) intake and physical activity. Participants' weight, height, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference and body fat percentage (%BF) were measured, and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) were calculated. Overweight/obesity was determined by BMI ≥85th percentile for age, abdominal obesity (AO) (WC, W

SUBMITTER: Baniissa W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735131 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature