Prevalence and association of female weight status and dietary habits with sociodemographic factors: a cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia.

Summary, in English

Research about the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity in the Saudi Arabian female population is limited. The aim of the present study was to examine the dietary habits and the prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity and associated factors among female university students.

• Författare: Atika Khalaf; Albert Westergren; Vanja Berggren; Orjan Ekblom; Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa
• Avdelning/ar: Barns och familjers hälsa
• Publiceringsår: 2015
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 784-796
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Public Health Nutrition
• Volym: 18
• Issue: 5
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25188828?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980014001797
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Cambridge University Press
• Ämne: Pediatrics
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Child and Family Health
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1475-2727