Open AccessPrevalence of overweight and obesity and their associated factors among health sciences college students, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Eyad Makkawy,
Almaali M Alrakha,
Amena Faiq Almubarak,
Hanouf T Alotaibi,
Nour T. Alotaibi,
Aeshah Abdullah Alasmari,
Tahani Altamimi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1749_20
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , environmental health , family medicine , gerontology
The healthcare sciences college students have a lifestyle with low physical activity and disordered eating habits, which exposes them to a higher risk of obesity. Health science college students were the target group of particular interest in this study as they are future physicians. If they are overweight or obese, they will carry the wrong impression to the general population.