Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
Obes Rev. 2011 Jan;12(1):1-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00750.x.
This paper reviews studies on the prevalence of overweight, obesity and related nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Obesity is common among women; while men have an equal or higher overweight prevalence. Among adults, overweight plus obesity rates are especially high in Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and especially among 30-60 year olds (70-85% among men; 75-88% among women), with lower levels among younger and elderly adults. The rate of increase in obesity was pronounced in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Prevalence of obesity is high among Kuwaiti and Saudi pre-schoolers (8-9%), while adolescent overweight and obesity are among the highest in the world, with Kuwait having the worst estimates (40-46%); however, comparison of child data is difficult because of differing standards. Among nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, hypertension and diabetes levels are very high and increase with age, with the UAE performing the worst because of a rapid rate of increase between 1995 and 2000. Additional monitoring of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cancers is necessary. Nationally representative longitudinal surveys with individual, household and community-level information are needed to determine the importance of various factors that contribute to these troubling trends.
本文综述了巴林、科威特、卡塔尔、阿曼、沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋超重、肥胖及相关营养相关非传染性疾病的流行情况。肥胖在女性中较为常见，而男性的超重患病率则与之相当或更高。在成年人中，科威特、卡塔尔和沙特阿拉伯的超重加肥胖率尤其高，尤其是 30-60 岁人群（男性中为 70-85%，女性中为 75-88%），年轻和老年人群的比例较低。沙特阿拉伯和科威特的肥胖率增长显著。科威特和沙特的学龄前儿童肥胖率较高（8-9%），而青少年超重和肥胖率则处于世界最高水平，科威特的估计值最差（40-46%）；然而，由于标准不同，儿童数据的比较较为困难。在营养相关的非传染性疾病中，高血压和糖尿病的发病率非常高，并随年龄增长而增加，阿联酋由于 1995 年至 2000 年之间的快速增长而情况最差。需要进一步监测代谢综合征和癌症的流行情况。需要进行具有个人、家庭和社区层面信息的全国代表性纵向调查，以确定导致这些令人担忧趋势的各种因素的重要性。
