Research Article
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Adolescents in Seven Arab Countries: A Cross-Cultural Study
Table 2
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents (15–18 years) in seven Arab countries based on IOTF reference.
| | Obesity status | Country
(city) | Sex | Nonobese | Overweight | Obese | P value* | | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) |
| Algeria
(Algiers city) | M | 168 | (86.6) | 18 | (9.3) | 8 | (4.1) | <0.1372 | | F | 212 | (80.0) | 41 | (15.5) | 12 | (4.5) | Jordan
(Amman) | M | 315 | (68.2) | 100 | (21.6) | 47 | (10.2) | <0.0005 | | F | 370 | (77.9) | 83 | (17.5) | 22 | (4.6) | Kuwait
(Kuwait city) | M | 108 | (39.6) | 70 | (25.6) | 95 | (34.8) | <0.0000 | | F | 208 | (58.6) | 74 | (20.8) | 73 | (20.6) | Libya
(Tripoli) | M | 207 | (74.0) | 46 | (16.4) | 27 | (9.6) | <0.007 | | F | 222 | (63.4) | 93 | (26.6) | 35 | (10.0) | Palestine
(Al-Khalil) | M | 181 | (82.3) | 28 | (12.7) | 11 | (5.0) | <0.7095 | | F | 216 | (84.0) | 32 | (12.5) | 9 | (3.5) | Syria
(Damascus) | M | 401 | (73.0) | 111 | (20.3) | 37 | (6.7) | <0.5898 | | F | 383 | (74.7) | 103 | (20.1) | 27 | (5.3) | UAE
(Sharjah city) | M | 168 | (64.1) | 44 | (16.8) | 50 | (19.1) | <0.0000 | | F | 194 | (79.8) | 33 | (13.6) | 16 | (6.6) |
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Difference between male and female.
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