Haris Basma, Kamal Madeeha, Alkohji Sadriya, Taheri Shahrad, Hussain Khalid
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Paediatrics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
Clin Obes. 2025 Oct;15(5):e70027. doi: 10.1111/cob.70027. Epub 2025 Jun 4.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) consists of six member states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates). The combination of an increasing youth population combined with rapid modernisation, increasing per capita income and the paradigm shift towards unhealthy and affluent lifestyles has created a significant burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially obesity and diabetes. The aim of this review is to discuss the prevalence of childhood/adolescent obesity and diabetes in the GCC region, which are some of the highest in the world. The review also focuses on the major challenges the GCC region faced in dealing with these lifestyle-related NCDs. Children and adolescents lack access to specialised professionals for disease management across all healthcare services in the region, with a lack of multidisciplinary teams and support groups. The development of culturally acceptable and community-based strategies to promote healthy lifestyles at home and in schools will be essential to achieve sustainable change in these countries to reduce the health and economic burden of metabolic health diseases in children and adolescents in the region.
海湾合作委员会（GCC）由六个成员国组成（巴林、科威特、阿曼、卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国）。不断增长的青年人口，加上快速现代化、人均收入增加以及向不健康和富裕生活方式的范式转变，造成了重大的非传染性疾病负担，尤其是肥胖症和糖尿病。本综述的目的是讨论海湾合作委员会地区儿童/青少年肥胖症和糖尿病的患病率，这些患病率在世界上处于最高水平。该综述还关注海湾合作委员会地区在应对这些与生活方式相关的非传染性疾病时面临的主要挑战。该地区所有医疗服务中，儿童和青少年都难以获得疾病管理方面的专业人员，缺乏多学科团队和支持小组。制定在家庭和学校促进健康生活方式的文化上可接受且基于社区的战略，对于在这些国家实现可持续变革以减轻该地区儿童和青少年代谢性健康疾病的健康和经济负担至关重要。
