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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Libyan Men and Women
المؤلفون المشاركون
Randhawa, Gurch
Lemamsha, H.
Papadopoulos, C.
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2019، العدد 2019 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2019)، ص ص. 1-16، 16ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2019-07-15
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
16
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Libya is following the trend observed in developing countries of steadily becoming more obese, such that obesity in Libya has reached epidemic proportions in the twenty-first century.
The prevalence of obesity in Libya has more than doubled in the last three decades, with the numbers of overweight and obese adults being continuing to grow.
Therefore, this study aimed to estimate and describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Libyan men and women.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to examine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the Libyan population.
A multistage sampling technique was employed to select 401 Libyan adults randomly from the Benghazi electoral register.
Qualified nurses were allocated to take anthropometric measurements (including visceral fat and Body Mass Index (BMI)) from participants using the Segmental Body Composition Analyser and a portable Stadiometer.
The response rate achieved in this cross-sectional study was 78%.
Four hundred and one Libyan adult, aged 20-65 years, participated; 253 were female (63%).
The prevalence of obesity, overweight, and normal weight among Libyan adults was 42.4%, 32.9%, and 24.7%, respectively.
The results also revealed that approximately 75.3% of Libyan adults were overweight and obese, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women was significantly higher than that in men (the prevalence of overweight was 33.2% in women compared to 32.4% in men, while the prevalence of obesity was 47.4% in women compared to 33.8% in men, respectively).
The findings of this study confirmed that obesity and overweight are the fastest growing issues and have become one of the most serious public health challenges confronting the Libyan authorities.
As the obesity epidemic in Libya continues to escalate, with a complete absence of prevention interventions to reduce obesity, more research is desperately needed to follow the trend of gender difference in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Libyans adults across the Libyan state to improve the effective interventions for preventing obesity.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Lemamsha, H.& Randhawa, Gurch& Papadopoulos, C.. 2019. Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Libyan Men and Women. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127956
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Lemamsha, H.…[et al.]. Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Libyan Men and Women. BioMed Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127956
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Lemamsha, H.& Randhawa, Gurch& Papadopoulos, C.. Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Libyan Men and Women. BioMed Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1127956
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1127956
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