“The Interrelation of Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet among Adults in Saudi Arabia”
الإصدار الخامس والثلاثون من المجلة العلمية لنشر البحوث
تم نشر الإصدار الخامس والثلاثون من المجلة العمية لنشر البحوث في: 1-01 -2025م. يحتوي الإصدار على بعض الأبحاث في مختلف التخصصات، كما أن الإصدار قد تناول العديد من المشاكل البحثية المهمه التي تشكل أهمية وفائدة كبيرة للمجتمع العلمي والمعرفي. جميع الأبحاث متاحة للتحميل والتعقيب والاستشهاد المرجعي لكافة الباحثين والأكاديميين.
الأبحاث والأوراق العلمية:
Name: Reem M. Almozayrie
Secondary
Name: Dr. Nazmus Saquib
PhD
Name: Dr. Juliann Saquib
PhD
“The Interrelation of Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet among Adults in Saudi Arabia”
Abstract
Background: In recent years, obesity has been a huge burden on a worldwide level, on so many levels, either financially or medically. As it envelopes within it huge morbidity contributing factors, which in turn have its own impact financially. In fact, Malkin et al., 2022 studies the matter and its financial burden in Saudi Arabia, it had cost around 3.8$ billion, which accounted for almost 4.3% of the total expenses on the health sector. Hence, it is crucial to dig deep into the matter and find the contributing factors of it. Study aims/objective: In this study, we aimed to find the prevalence of obesity of the population of Saudi Arabia, and find an association between diet and physical activity with obesity. Methods: It is a cross sectional study, questionnaire based, done through convenient sampling technique. This way, we were able to have a good resemblance of the prevalence of obesity, and a diverse population. We used a questionnaire that helps us gather the socio demographic data of the patient along with self-reported questions that give us a general perception about the physical activity, diet, and BMI of the participants. Data collection was done by the researchers through many ways, such as social platforms or even malls. Data was then managed through Microsoft Excel 16.84 in a discrete matter to ensure confidentiality. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS v24.) by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) was used to analyze the data. Depending on the variable, tests were chosen based on the variables. P-value of less than 0.05 was considered as significant. Results: Our sample consisted of 1429 participants, 775 of which were females accounting for around 54% of the sample. The majority of the participants were from the central region, around 52%, followed by the eastern region then the western region. As for the nationality of the participants, 60% of them were Saudi and the others varied between Syrian, Yamanian, Egyptian and others. We found out that over 41% were falling in the overweight or more category which is consistent with the rising trend of obesity in Saudi Arabia. There was a significant association between physical activity and obesity where the p-value was 0.007. However, it was significant when associated with diet, and this may be attributed to the fact that it was self-reported. Conclusion: Obesity is a burden that needs to be explored more, and tackled in a well-established manner, as it will help us decrease the mortality and morbidity by a big number.
Keywords: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, BMI, Prevalence, Adults, Saudi Arabia.