Obesity among medical practitioners and medical students in Bahrain

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Data on weight and height (based on self-reporting) were obtained from 158 medical practitioners and 53 medical students were collected in 1999.

Overweight and obesity was more observed in medical practitioners (44.3%) than medical students (22.6%).

The growing increase of obesity, among either adults or adolescents in Bahrain, creates a great incentive to study the prevalence and factors affecting this health problem in the community.

Studies in the Arab Gulf countries, including Bahrain, have focused on the prevalence of obesity among children, adolescents and adults 1,2,3.

However, none of these studies have investigated the prevalence of obesity among health professionals.

The aim of this short report is to ascertain the proportion of overweight and obesity among medical practitioners and medical students in Bahrain