Open AccessWas there a change in the body mass index of Saudi adolescent girls in Al-Khobar between 1997 and 2007?
Author(s) -
Nada A Abahussain
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.83367
Subject(s) - underweight , overweight , medicine , body mass index , anthropometry , obesity , demography , population , environmental health , pediatrics , gerontology , pathology , sociology
Special concern is focused on the nutritional status of adolescent girls in order to avoid future health problems. The aim of this study was to determine the change in body mass index (BMI) among adolescent Saudi girls living in Al-Khobar between 1997 and 2007.