Open AccessOverweight and obesity and their association with dietary habits, and sociodemographic characteristics among male primary school children in Al-Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Tarek Tawfik Amin,
Ali Ibrahim Al-Sultan,
Ayub Ali
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.42058
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , anthropometry , environmental health , body mass index , cross sectional study , childhood obesity , demography , gerontology , pediatrics , pathology , sociology
To assess the magnitude of obesity and overweight among male primary school children, and to find the possible association between obesity/overweight and dietary habits and sociodemographic differentials among them.