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Obesity among Kuwait University students: an explorative study

AI-Isa, A.N.·1999·Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
DOI 10.1177/146642409911900404
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University students' dietary habits have been criticised for their nutritional inadequacy and faddism. Kuwait University students may face the risk of obesity because of affluence and modernisation and the dynamic changes in their level of physical activity and caloric intake. This promted a study of a random sample of 842 Kuwait University students for dietary and socioeconomic factors associated with obesity. Weight and height were measured to calculate the body mass index (BMI), which is the weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters squared (kg/m 2 ). Obesity was classified into grade 1 and 2 (BMI >25 and >30 kg/m 2 ). The associated factors studied and obtained through questionnaires included gender, age, marital status, parental obesity, education and occupation, dieting, last dental and health check-up, year of study, number of siblings (total, brothers and sisters), eating in between meals, high school and college GPA and major, exercising, number of regular meals eaten, obese relatives, those living at home, and servants, highest desired degree, birth order, having a chronic disease, countries prefer visiting, family income, governorate, and socioeconomic status (SES). Grade 1 and 2 obesity were found to be 32.0 and 8.9%, respectively. Factors that were found to be significantly associated with obesity included gender, age, marital status, obesity among parents, dieting, last physical check-up, year of study, number of brothers, sisters and regular meals eaten and high school GPA. Logistic regression analysis revealed that the same factors significantly contributed to the development of obesity except the last four. The level of obesity among Kuwait University students is high. Obesity is a risk factor for a variety of chronic diseases. There is a need to address the challenge of instituting measures that would reduce the future ill-effects of obesity on young adults. It is widely believed that during the young adult years many important health habits are formed and set. It is at this stage (or earlier) that wellness and self-care programming for college students is essential and worthy of being explored and its efficacy assessed.

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Authors
AI-Isa, A. N.
Affiliations
Kuwait University (KW)
Corresponding author
AI-Isa, A.N.
Venue
Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1999-12
Volume
119
Issue
4
Pages
223-227
ISSN
1466-4240 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1177/146642409911900404
OpenAlex
W2083767311
Cited by
60
References
21
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
FWCI
0.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords
obesity, university students, Kuwait University, body mass index, dietary habits, socioeconomic status, parental obesity, dieting, physical activity, energy intake, young adults, obesity risk factors
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Diet, Female, Humans, Kuwait, Male, Obesity, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Students, Universities, Body Mass Index, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models

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