Evidence for nutrition transition in Kuwait: Over-consumption of macronutrients and obesity

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 596-607

  Zaghloul, Sahar ^a   Al Hooti, Suad N ^b   Al Hamad, Nawal ^c   Al Zenki, Sameer ^b   Alomirah, Husam ^b   Alayan, Iman ^b   Al Attar, Hassan ^b   Al Othman, Amani ^b   Al Shami, Entessar ^c   Al Somaie, Mona ^c   Jackson, Robert T ^d  

^a National Nutrition Institute   (Egypt)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Kuwait; Nutrient intake; Nutrition transition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SODIUM INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; KUWAIT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SODIUM, DIETARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874724619     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012003941     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. World Health Organization (2003) Diet, Nutrition, and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases. Joint WHO/FAO Consultation. WHO Technical Report Series no. 916. Geneva: WHO
2. Ng SW, Zaghloul S, Ali HI et al. (2011) The prevalence and trends of overweight, obesity and nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases in the Arabian Gulf States. Obes Rev 12, 1-13
3. Al Rashdan IR & Nesef YA (2010) Prevalence of overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome among adult Kuwaitis: Results from community-based national survey. Angiology 61, 42-48
4. Abdella N, Al Arouj M, Al Nakhi A et al. (1998) Noninsulin-dependent diabetes in Kuwait: Prevalence rates and associated risk factors. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 42, 187-196
5. Jackson RT, Al-Moussa Z, Al-Raqua M et al. (2002) Multiple coronary risk factors in healthy older Kuwaiti males. Eur J Clin Nutr 56, 709-714
6. Jackson RT, Al-Moussa Z, Al-Raqua M et al. (2001) Prevalence of coronary risk factors in healthy adult Kuwaitis. Int J Food Sci Nutr 52, 301-311
7. Food and Nutrition Administration (editor) (2001-2004) Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance. Kuwait: Ministry of Health
8. El-Bayoumy I, Shady I & Lotfy H (2009) The prevalence of obesity among adolescents (10 to 14) in Kuwait. Asia Pac J Public Health 21, 153-159
9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2006) Kuwait Nutrition Profile. Rome: Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, FAO; available at ftp:// ftp.fao.org/ag/agn/nutrition/ncp/kwt.pdf
10. World Health Organization (2009) World Health Statistics 2009. Table 9: Demographic and socioeconomic statistics. http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/ 2009/en/ (accessed September 2011
11. International Monetary Fund (2011) World Economic Outlook Database. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/ weo/2011/01/weodata/index.aspx (accessed April 2011
12. Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Secretariat (2005) World Population Prospects. The 2004 Revision. Highlights. New York: UN; available at http://www.un.org/esa/population/ publications/ WPP2004/2004Highlights-finalrevised.pdf
13. Musaiger AO (1990) Nutritional disorders associated with affluence in Bahrain. Fam Pract 7, 9
14. Popkin BM (2004) The nutrition transition: An overview of world patterns of change. Nutr Rev 62, 7 Pt 2, S140-S143
15. Popkin BM (2006) Global nutrition dynamics: The world is shifting rapidly toward a diet linked with noncommunicable diseases. Am J Clin Nutr 84, 289-298
16. Popkin BM (2011) Contemporary nutritional transition: Determinants of diet and its impact on body composition. Proc Nutr Soc 70, 82-91
17. Poskitt EM (2009) Countries in transition: Underweight to obesity non-stop? Ann Trop Paediatr 29, 1-11
18. Piernas C & Popkin BM (2010) Snacking increased among US adults between 1977 and 2006. J Nutr 140, 325-332
19. Piernas C & Popkin BM (2011) Food portion patterns and trends among US children and the relationship to total eating occasion size, 1977-2006. J Nutr 141, 1159-1164
20. Astrup A, Dyerberg J, Selleck M et al. (2008) Nutrition transition and its relationship to the development of obesity and related chronic diseases. Obes Rev 9, Suppl. 1, 48-52
21. Zaghloul S, Waslien C, Al Somaie M et al. (2012) Low adherence of Kuwaiti adults to dietary guidelines for daily fruit and vegetable intake. East Mediterr Health J 18, 461-467
22. Serour M, Alqhenaei H, Al-Saqabi S et al. (2007) Cultural factors and patients' adherence to lifestyle measures. Br J Gen Pract 57, 291-295
23. Honkala S, Honkala E & Al-Sahli N (2006) Consumption of sugar products and associated life-And school-satisfaction and self-esteem factors among schoolchildren in Kuwait. Acta Odontol Scand 64, 79-88
24. Al-Ansari JM, Al-Jairan LY & Gillespie GM (2006) Dietary habits of the primary to secondary school population and implications for oral health. J Allied Health 35, 75-80
25. World Health Organization (1995) Physical Status: The Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. WHO Technical Report Series no. 854. Geneva: WHO
26. World Health Organization (2006) WHO Child Growth Standards: Length/Height-for-Age, Weight-for-Age, Weightfor-Height and Body Mass Index-for-Age: Methods and Development. Geneva: WHO; available at http:// www.who.int/childgrowth/publications/technical-report- pub/en/index.html
27. de Onis M, Onyango AW, Borghi E et al. (2007) Development of a WHO growth reference for school-Aged children and adolescents. Bull World Health Organ 85, 660-667
28. Conway JM, lngwersen LA, Vinyard BT et al. (2003) Effectiveness of the US Department of Agriculture 5-step multiple-pass method in assessing food intake in obese and nonobese women. Am J Clin Nutr 77, 1171-1178
29. Conway JM, Ingwersen LA & Moshfegh AJ (2004) Accuracy of dietary recall using the USDA five-step multiple-pass method in men: An observational validation study. J Am Diet Assoc 104, 595-603
30. Zaghloul S, Ilyan I, Al-Hamly S et al. (2010) Kuwait Food Instruction Booklet. Kuwait: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
31. Schofield WN (1984) Predicting basal metabolic rate, new standards and review of previous work. Hum Nutr Clin Nutr 39C, Suppl. 1, 5-41
32. Harrison GG, Galal OM, Ibrahim N et al. (2000) Underreporting of food intake by dietary recall is not universal: A comparison of data from Egyptian and American women. J Nutr 130, 2049-2054
33. Briefel RE, Sempos CT, McDowell MA et al. (1997) Dietary methods research in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: Underreporting of energy intake. Am J Clin Nutr 65, 4 Suppl., 1203S-1209S.
34. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2001) Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
35. ESHA Research (2006) Food Processor and Genesis SQL Database Sources. Salem, OR: ESHA Research
36. Al-Amiri HA, Al-Otaibi JA, Al-Foudari MY et al. (2009) The nutritive value of selected commonly consumed Kuwaiti dishes. Int J Food Sci Nutr 60, 668-676
37. Al-Amiri HA, Al-Hamad NM, Al-Awadhi FA et al. (2011) Total, insoluble and soluble dietary fiber contents of selected Kuwaiti composite dishes. Int J Food Sci Nutr 62, 152-157
38. Dashti B, Al-Awadi F, Khalafawi MS et al. (2003) Soluble and insoluble dietary fibre in thirty-Two Kuwaiti dishes. Food Chem 83, 557-561
39. Dashti B, Al-Awadi F, Al-Kandari R et al. (2004) Macro and microelements contents of 32 Kuwaiti composite dishes. Food Chem 85, 331-337
40. Dashti BH, Al-Awadi F, Khalafawi MS et al. (2001) Nutrient contents of some traditional Kuwaiti dishes: Proximate composition, and phytate content. Food Chem 74, 169-175
41. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (1998) Food Composition Tables for Kuwait Composite Dishes. Safat: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
42. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (1997) Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
43. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (1998) Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
44. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2000) Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and ZInc. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
45. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2002) Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
46. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2004) Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
47. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2005) Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids. Washington, DC: National Academy Press Institute of Medicine
48. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2011) Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
49. Sibai AM, Nasreddine L, Mokdad AH et al. (2010) Nutrition transition and cardiovascular risk factors in Middle East and North African countries: Reviewing the evidence. Ann Nutr Metab 57, 193-203
50. Musaiger AO (2011) Food Consumption Patterns in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1st ed. Manama-Bahrain: Arab Center for Nutrition
51. Al-Kandari YY (2006) Prevalence of obesity in Kuwait and its relation to sociocultural variables. Obes Rev 7, 147-154
52. Musaiger AO, Takruri HR, Hasan AS et al. (2012) Foodbased dietary guidelines for the Arab Gulf countries. J Nutr Metab 2012, article ID 905303; available at http://www.hindawi. com/journals/jnume/2012/905303/
53. Al-Shawi AN (1992) Nutrient intakes of university women in Kuwait. J R Soc Health 112, 114-118
54. Washi SA & Ageib MB (2010) Poor diet quality and food habits are related to impaired nutritional status in 13-To 18-year-old adolescents in Jeddah. Nutr Res 30, 527-534
55. Sadat-Ali M, AlElq A, Al-Turki H et al. (2009) Vitamin D levels in healthy men in eastern Saudi Arabia. Ann Saudi Med 29, 378-382
56. Bener A, Al-Ali M & Hoffmann GF (2009) High prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in young children in a highly sunny humid country: A global health problem. Minerva Pediatr 61, 15-22
57. Dougherty G & Al-Marzouk N (2001) Bone density measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in healthy Kuwaiti women. Calcif Tissue Int 68, 225-229
58. Naeem Z (2010) Vitamin D deficiency -An ignored epidemic. Int J Health Sci (Qassim) 4, 5-6
59. Moshfegh A, Goldman J & Cleveland L (2005) What We Eat in America, NHANES 2001-2002: Usual Nutrient Intakes from Food Compared to Dietary Reference Intakes). Beltsville, MD: US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; available at http://www.ars.usda.gov/ SP2UserFiles/Place/12355000/pdf/ 0102/usualintaketables 2001-02.pdf
60. Al Mousa Z, Prakash P, Jackson R et al. (2003) A comparison of selected nutrient intakes in anemic and non anemic adolescent girls in Kuwait. Nutr Res 23, 425-433
61. Forster-Coull L, Milne RL & Barr SI (2004) British Columbia Nutrition Survey. Report on Energy and Nutrient Intakes. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Health Services; available at http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/ 2004/ nutrientsreport.pdf
62. Fryar CD, Wright JD, Eberhardt MS et al. (2012) Trends in Nutrient Intakes and Chronic Health Conditions Among Mexican-American Adults, a 25-year Profile: United States, 1982-2006. National Health Statistics Reports no. 50. http:// www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr050.pdf (accessed January 2012