Open AccessPrevalence and socioeconomic correlates of growth impairment among Saudi children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Abdulrahman AlHussaini,
Muhammad Salman Bashir,
Musa Khormi,
Wahid Alkhamis,
Mona Alrajhi,
Thana Halal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_338_21
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , demography , overweight , short stature , body mass index , obesity , residence , pediatrics , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology
Saudi Arabia has witnessed economic prosperity leading to changes in diet and lifestyle. Concurrent with these changes, the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity are rising. No recent data exist on the trends and pattern of growth impairment among Saudi children. We aimed to provide the most recent estimate of the prevalence of thinness and short stature among healthy school-aged children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and to investigate the effect of parental socioeconomic status (SES) on growth impairment.