Lecturer, Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.
Indian J Public Health. 2019 Oct-Dec;63(4):330-333. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_355_18.
Overweight and obesity are important modifiable risk factors for various noncommunicable diseases. The link between obesity, poor health outcomes, and all-cause mortality is well established. Overweight and obesity during childhood increases the likelihood of diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, obstructive sleep apnea, and osteoarthritis more early in younger age groups.
The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and some correlates of overweight and obesity in the study population.
The present study was a cross-sectional study conducted during October 2017 among 300 boys of primary public schools from Baish City of Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Weight and height were measured using standard tools. The WHO Z-score reference values of body mass index-for-age were used for the screening of overweight and obesity. Analysis was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 19.0).
The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 10.1% and 12.4%, respectively, among the study participants. There was a significant difference in the overweight and obesity between urban and rural study population. Overweight and obesity was found higher among children who took frequently junk food.
Overweight and obesity was substantially prevalent among primary schoolboys with a significant rural-urban difference.
超重和肥胖是多种非传染性疾病的重要可改变危险因素。肥胖与健康不良结局和全因死亡率之间的联系已得到充分证实。儿童期超重和肥胖会增加糖尿病、高血压、冠心病、中风、某些癌症、阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停和骨关节炎的发病风险，且这些疾病的发病年龄更早。
本研究旨在估计研究人群中超重和肥胖的流行情况及其相关因素。
本研究是 2017 年 10 月在沙特阿拉伯吉赞省拜什市的 300 名男小学生中进行的横断面研究。采用半结构式问卷收集数据。使用标准工具测量体重和身高。使用世界卫生组织（WHO）基于年龄的体重指数参考值筛查超重和肥胖。采用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS 版本 19.0）进行分析。
研究参与者中，超重和肥胖的患病率分别为 10.1%和 12.4%。城乡研究人群的超重和肥胖患病率存在显著差异。经常食用垃圾食品的儿童超重和肥胖的比例更高。
小学生中超重和肥胖的患病率相当高，且存在显著的城乡差异。
