Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Adolescents in Seven Arab Countries: A Cross-Cultural Study

Table 3

Comparison between IOTF and CDC reference standards in prevalence of overweight and obesity in seven Arab countries.

Country	Sex	Overweight		% difference	Obesity		% difference
		IOTF	CDC		IOTF	CDC
Algeria	M	9.3	4.6	−4.7	4.1	5.6	+1.5
	F	15.5	12.1	−3.40	4.5	4.5	0.0
Jordan	M	21.6	15.9	−5.7	10.2	13.1	+2.9
	F	17.5	14.2	−3.3	4.6	5.2	+0.6
Kuwait	M	25.6	15.4	−10.2	34.8	42.1	+7.3
	F	20.8	17.7	−3.10	20.6	21.1	+0.5
Libya	M	16.4	11.1	−5.3	9.6	12.6	+3.0
	F	26.6	20.9	−5.7	10.0	11.4	+1.4
Palestine	M	12.7	8.6	−4.1	5.0	5.9	+0.9
	F	12.5	10.5	−2.0	3.5	3.5	+0.0
Syria	M	20.3	13.5	−6.8	6.7	7.5	+0.8
	F	20.1	15.8	−4.3	5.3	5.5	+0.2
UAE	M	16.8	11.1	−5.7	19.1	22.5	+3.4
	F	13.6	11.5	−2.1	6.6	7.0	+0.4

CDC reference: overweight 85th centile to <95th centile of BMI for age and sex.
Obesity ≥95th centile of BMI for age and sex.