Research Article
Assessment of Weight Management Practices among Adults in the United Arab Emirates
Table 1
Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and weight management goals among UAE adults (Chi-square test).
| | Sociodemographic variable | | Weight management goal | value | Total
| Lose weight
| Maintain weight
| Gain weight
| | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Age group (years) | | | | | | | <45 | 936 (83.1) | 499 (80) | 348 (85.3) | 89 (94.7) | 0.001 | | ≥45 | 190 (16.9) | 125 (20) | 60 (14.7) | 5 (5.3) | | Sex | | | | | | | Male | 468 (41.6) | 219 (35.1) | 197 (48.3) | 52 (55.3) | <0.001 | | Female | 658 (58.4) | 405 (64.9) | 211 (51.7) | 42 (44.7) | | Marital status | | | | | | | Single | 528 (46.9) | 277 (44.4) | 182 (44.6) | 69 (73.4) | <0.001 | | Married | 598 (53.1) | 347 (55.6) | 226 (55.4) | 25 (26.6) | | Nationality | | | | | | | UAE national | 179 (15.9) | 102 (16.3) | 61 (15.0) | 16 (17.0) | 0.792 | | UAE nonnational | 947 (84.1) | 522 (83.7) | 347 (85.0) | 78 (83.0) | | Education | | | | | | | Up to high school | 229 (20.3) | 146 (23.4) | 65 (15.9) | 18 (19.1) | 0.014 | | Graduate or above | 897 (79.7) | 478 (76.6) | 343 (84.1) | 76 (80.9) | | Income (AED) | | | | | | | <20,000 | 736 (65.4) | 397 (63.6) | 273 (66.9) | 66 (70.2) | 0.321 | | >20,000 | 390 (34.6) | 227 (36.4) | 135 (33.1) | 28 (29.8) |
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