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IJMDC. 2020; 4(2): 417-422 Obesity and associating factors: a cross-sectional study in Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAmmar Khalifa, Mohammed Ahmed Alanazi, Abdullah Mohammed Alotaibi, Daham Abdullah Aldaham, Abdulaziz Dahham Alshalan, Abdel Rahman Sami Qabaja, Abdulaziz Dhafer Algarni, Louai Mohammad Alrata, Fahad Mohammed Alkaltham, Abdulrahman Saleh Aburaba, Mamdouh Raja Alharbi. Abstract | | | | Background: At least 20,000 people in Saudi Arabia die every year due to complications from obesity. The present study was aimed to identify different associating factors with obesity among the Riyadh population.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out involving a sample size consisting of 153 participants. The study included obese adult male subjects with body mass index (BMI) > 29.9. Female and adult males (BMI≤ 29.9) were excluded from the study. A pretested precoded self-administered questionnaire that covers risk analysis was used as data collecting tools. Data analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). A p-value of 0.05 was considered to be significant.
Results: The majority of participants (39%) ate fast food more than three times per week, the majority of participants (37.3%) ate more than three meals per day, and the majority of participants (47%) was found eating while watching TV, where 68.6% of them took medicine that might lead to weight gain. Further, the majority of them (83.7%) did not exercise regularly.
Conclusion: Many associating factors were found to play a role in the development of obesity such as eating habits, physical activity, and fast-food consumption. There was a statistically significant relationship between the marital status and eating while watching TV. The study found a statistically significant relationship between monthly income and the preferred way to get the fast-food meal.
Key words: Obesity, risk factors, associated, prevention, education
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