Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children in the United Arab Emirates

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Malik, M ^a   Bakir, A ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Multiethnic; Overweight; United Arab Emirates; Urban rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845645091     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00290.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Popkin BM, Gordon-Larsen P. The nutrition transition: worldwide obesity dynamics and their determinants. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2004; 28(Suppl. 3): S2-S9.
2. Ebbing CB, Pawalk DB, Ludwig DS. Childhood obesity: public-health crisis, Common sense cure. Lancet 2002; 360: 473-482.
3. World Health Organisation. Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic. WHO Obesity Technical Report Series 894. World Health Organization: Geneva, 2000.
4. Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in overweight among US children and adolescents, 1990-2000. JAMA 2002; 288: 1728-1732.
5. Lobstein T, Frelut ML. Prevalence of overweight among children in Europe. Obes Rev 2003; 4: 195-200.
6. James PT. Obesity: the worldwide epidemic. Clin Dermatol 2004; 22: 276-280.
7. Al-Sendi AM, Shetty P, Musaiger AO. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Bahraini adolescents: a comparison between three different sets of criteria. Eur J Clin Nutr 2003; 57: 471-474.
8. El-Hazmi MA, Warsy AS. A comparative study of prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in different provinces of Saudi Arabia. J Trop Pediatr 2002; 48: 172-177.
9. Cole TJ, Bellizzi MC, Flegal KM, Dietz WH. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. BMJ 2000; 320: 1240-1243.
10. Parsons TJ, Power C, Logan S, Summerbell CD. Childhood predictors of adult obesity: a systematic review. Int J Obes 1999; 23: S1-S107.
11. Ministry of Planning, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. National census Report, 1995.
12. Alhadad F, Little BB, Abdel Ghafour AG. Childhood obesity in United Arab Emirates schoolchildren: a national study. Ann Hum Biol 2005; 32: 72-79, 12.
13. Al-Hourani HM, Henry CJ, Lightowler HJ. Prevalence of overweight among adolescent females in the United Arab Emirates. Am J Hum Biol 2003; 15: 758-764.
14. Azizi F, Malik M, Bebars E, Delshad H, Bakir A. Thyroid volumes in school children of the Emirates. J Endocrinol Invest 2003; 26: 56-60.
15. World Health Organization. Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. World Health Organ Tech Rep Ser. 1995; 854.
16. Musaiger AO, Abuimeileh NM. Food consumption patterns of adults in the United Arab Emirates. J R Soc Health, 1998; 118: 146-150.
17. Daniels SR, Arnett DK, Eckel RH, Gidding SS. Overweight in children and adolescents: pathophysiology, consequences, prevention, treatment. Circulation 2005; 111: 1999-2012.
18. Malik M, Bakir A, Abi Saab B, King H. Glucose intolerance and associated factors in the multi-ethnic population of the United Arab Emirates: results of a national survey. Diabetes Res Clin Prac 2005; 69: 88-95.
19. McCarthy HD, Ellis SM, Tim J, Cole TJ. Central overweight and obesity in British youth aged 11-16 years: cross sectional surveys of waist circumference. BMJ 2003; 326: 624.
20. Karl JG. Preventing and treating obesity in girls and young women to curb the epidemic. Obes Res 2004; 12: 1539-1546.
21. Dietz WH, Gortmaker SL. Preventing obesity in children and adolescents. Annu Rev Public Health 2001; 22: 337-353.
22. Campell K, Waters E, O'Meara S, Summerball C. Interventions for preventing obesity in childhood. A systematic review. Obes Rev 2001; 2: 149-157.