{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7"],"submitter":["Elkum N"],"funding":["Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b>Objectives:</b> To identify predictors of childhood and adolescent obesity in Kuwaitis with Arab ethnicity. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional sample of 6-18 year-old schoolchildren was randomly selected from 244 public schools across all six governorates in the State of Kuwait. Anthropometric data were measured from 6,574 Arab Kuwaiti schoolchildren, and a structured questionnaire was used to collect information on possible risk factors associated with obesity. Overweight and obesity were defined in accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. <b>Results:</b> The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children (aged 6-18 years) were 17.7% and 33.7%, respectively. The likelihood of childhood obesity increased with birth weights >4.0 Kg [odds ratio (OR) = 2.3; "],"journal":["Frontiers in public health"],"pagination":["72"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6455072"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Complex Etiology of Childhood Obesity in Arabs Is Highlighted by a Combination of Biological and Socio-Economic Factors."],"pmcid":["PMC6455072"],"pubmed_authors":["Alarouj M","Bennakhi A","Elkum N","Shaltout A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Complex Etiology of Childhood Obesity in Arabs Is Highlighted by a Combination of Biological and Socio-Economic Factors.","description":"<b>Objectives:</b> To identify predictors of childhood and adolescent obesity in Kuwaitis with Arab ethnicity. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional sample of 6-18 year-old schoolchildren was randomly selected from 244 public schools across all six governorates in the State of Kuwait. Anthropometric data were measured from 6,574 Arab Kuwaiti schoolchildren, and a structured questionnaire was used to collect information on possible risk factors associated with obesity. Overweight and obesity were defined in accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. <b>Results:</b> The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children (aged 6-18 years) were 17.7% and 33.7%, respectively. The likelihood of childhood obesity increased with birth weights >4.0 Kg [odds ratio (OR) = 2.3; ","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2025-04-04T08:24:04.75Z","creation":"2019-06-06T21:09:29Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6455072","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31001508"],"doi":["10.3389/fpubh.2019.00072"]}}