Trends in overweight or obesity and other anthropometric indices in adults aged 18–60 years in western Saudi Arabia

Trends in overweight or obesity and other anthropometric indices in adults aged 18–60 years in western Saudi Arabia

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased considerably in Saudi Arabia in the past two decades. We conducted this study because to examine trends in weight gain with age and related anthropometric measurements in Saudi Arabia such data are limited. OBJECTIVE: To determine tr...

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Main Authors:	Firas Sultan Azzeh, Hassan Mazzhar Bukhari, Eslam Ahmed Header, Mai Adil Ghabashi, Salma Saad Al-Mashi, Nafeesah Mohammed Noorwali
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2017-03-01
Series:	Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:	https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2017.106

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