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| Title |
Obesity and eating habits among college students in Saudi Arabia: a cross sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nutrition Journal, September 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2891-9-39 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Abdallah S Al-Rethaiaa, Alaa-Eldin A Fahmy, Naseem M Al-Shwaiyat |
| Abstract |
During the last few decades, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) experienced rapid socio-cultural changes caused by the accelerating economy in the Arabian Gulf region. That was associated with major changes in the food choices and eating habits which, progressively, became more and more "Westernized". Such "a nutritional transition" has been claimed for the rising rates of overweight and obesity which were recently observed among Saudi population. Therefore, the objectives of the current work were to 1) determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sample of male college students in KSA and 2) determine the relationship between the students' body weight status and composition and their eating habits. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 554 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Egypt | 1 | <1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 544 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 136 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 70 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 44 | 8% |
| Researcher | 31 | 6% |
| Lecturer | 21 | 4% |
| Other | 97 | 18% |
| Unknown | 155 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 127 | 23% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 79 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 36 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 28 | 5% |
| Psychology | 16 | 3% |
| Other | 86 | 16% |
| Unknown | 182 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2020.
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