The prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school military recruits in Jordan (1997-1998)
المؤلف
المصدر
Journal of the Royal Medical Services
العدد
المجلد 13، العدد 2 (30 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2006)5ص.
الناشر
الخدمات الطبية الملكية الأردنية
تاريخ النشر
2006-12-30
دولة النشر
الأردن
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school males with the aim of introducing early measures to increase awareness among the study population. Methods: As part of screening and examination of male military recruits, all subjects at the high school (Tawjihi) who applied for enrollment had their height and weight measured to the nearest 0.5 centimeter (cm), and 1 kilogram (kg), respectively.
Body mass index was calculated as weight (kg)/ height2 (meters). Results: The number of applicants who completed the measurements for height and weight was 6185 students.
The total number of applications received during the year 1997-1998 was 9079 (20% of all high school males).
Their age ranged between 17-19 years.
They spanned all the governorates of Jordan.
According to World Health Organization (WHO) definitions, 19.7% of the sample had a body mass index between 14- 18.9 kg/m2, 64% had a BMI of 19- 24.9 kg/m2.
The prevalence of overweight was 14%, obese l(Body mass index of 30-34.9 kg/m2) was 2.2%, and obese 2 (35-39.9 kg/m2) was 0.1%. Conclusion: Although our study is not representative of the whole adolescent population, it seems that obesity is a common occurrence among this population.
Increased awareness about this health hazard is warranted on a nation- wide basis.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Karadishah, Mansur Fuad. 2006. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school military recruits in Jordan (1997-1998). Journal of the Royal Medical Services،Vol. 13, no. 2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-106321
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Karadishah, Mansur Fuad. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school military recruits in Jordan (1997-1998). Journal of the Royal Medical Services Vol. 13, no. 2 (Dec. 2006).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-106321
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Karadishah, Mansur Fuad. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school military recruits in Jordan (1997-1998). Journal of the Royal Medical Services. 2006. Vol. 13, no. 2.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-106321
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-106321
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر