Research Article

Prevalence and Predictors of Obesity and Overweight among Adults Visiting Primary Care Settings in the Southwestern Region, Saudi Arabia

Table 1

General characteristics of the studied population.

VariableN%

Gender

Male94956.5

Female73243.5

Nationality

Saudi123879.2

Non Saudi32620.8

Marital Status

Married94657.0

Single60036.2

Divorced1136.8

Level of education

Primary86152.2

Secondary44326.9

University34420.9

Monthly income

>7000 SAR48033.4

5000-7000 SAR28920.1

<5000 SAR66746.4