Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers

Abeer A AlTamimi,1 Nada M Albawardi,2 Mezna A AlMarzooqi,2 Mohanad Aljubairi,2 Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa2 1Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Lifestyle and Health Research Center, Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulra...

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Autores principales:	AlTamimi AA, Albawardi NM, AlMarzooqi MA, Aljubairi M, Al-Hazzaa HM
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:759232946bb84ae48f1f77cc7675ab352021-12-02T08:46:33ZLifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers1178-7007https://doaj.org/article/759232946bb84ae48f1f77cc7675ab352020-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/lifestyle-behaviors-and-socio-demographic-factors-associated-with-over-peer-reviewed-article-DMSOhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-7007Abeer A AlTamimi,1 Nada M Albawardi,2 Mezna A AlMarzooqi,2 Mohanad Aljubairi,2 Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa2 1Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Lifestyle and Health Research Center, Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa Email halhazzaa@hotmail.comObjective: To examine the associations of overweight or obesity with several lifestyle and socio-demographic factors among Saudi women attending fitness centers in Riyadh.Methods: Saudi females (n = 460) aged 16 years and older were recruited from 12 randomly selected fitness centers in Riyadh, using a stratified clustered sampling technique. Bodyweight and height were measured. Lifestyle behaviors were assessed using a previously validated instrument, and included physical activity, sedentary behaviors, sleep, and dietary habits.Results: Over 62% of the participants were either overweight or obese. Mean BMI values for females younger than age 30 years (26.4 ± 5.3) were significantly lower than those 30 years of age or older (29.2± 5.6, p > 0.001). There was a significant correlation (r = 0.450, p < 0.001) between BMI levels and the participant’s reason to engage in exercise for weight loss. Females who were overweight/obese are significantly older, married, have more children, have a lower educational degree, earn less income, have higher numbers of obese in the family, and had attempted to lose weight more frequently than non-overweight/non-obese females. No significant differences were detected between females who were overweight/obese and those who were not overweight/obese in the majority of the lifestyle-related variables, except that females who were not overweight or obese showed lower weekly consumption of milk and dairy products (p =0.029) and higher intakes of fast foods per week (p =0.049).Conclusion: Weight loss attempts, age, number of obese in the family, and females’ education level emerged as the most important contributory factors to obesity status, explaining nearly 23% of the common variances. A better understanding of the relationships between obesity and lifestyle behaviors is necessary for effective prevention and management of obesity in Saudi females.Keywords: body mass index, fitness center, lifestyle behaviors, obesity, socio-demographic factorsAlTamimi AAAlbawardi NMAlMarzooqi MAAljubairi MAl-Hazzaa HMDove Medical Pressarticlebody mass indexfitness centerlifestyle behaviorsobesitysocio-demographic factors.Specialties of internal medicineRC581-951ENDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol Volume 13, Pp 2613-2622 (2020)
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spellingShingle	body mass index fitness center lifestyle behaviors obesity socio-demographic factors. Specialties of internal medicine RC581-951 AlTamimi AA Albawardi NM AlMarzooqi MA Aljubairi M Al-Hazzaa HM Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers
description	Abeer A AlTamimi,1 Nada M Albawardi,2 Mezna A AlMarzooqi,2 Mohanad Aljubairi,2 Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa2 1Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Lifestyle and Health Research Center, Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Hazzaa M Al-Hazzaa Email halhazzaa@hotmail.comObjective: To examine the associations of overweight or obesity with several lifestyle and socio-demographic factors among Saudi women attending fitness centers in Riyadh.Methods: Saudi females (n = 460) aged 16 years and older were recruited from 12 randomly selected fitness centers in Riyadh, using a stratified clustered sampling technique. Bodyweight and height were measured. Lifestyle behaviors were assessed using a previously validated instrument, and included physical activity, sedentary behaviors, sleep, and dietary habits.Results: Over 62% of the participants were either overweight or obese. Mean BMI values for females younger than age 30 years (26.4 ± 5.3) were significantly lower than those 30 years of age or older (29.2± 5.6, p > 0.001). There was a significant correlation (r = 0.450, p < 0.001) between BMI levels and the participant’s reason to engage in exercise for weight loss. Females who were overweight/obese are significantly older, married, have more children, have a lower educational degree, earn less income, have higher numbers of obese in the family, and had attempted to lose weight more frequently than non-overweight/non-obese females. No significant differences were detected between females who were overweight/obese and those who were not overweight/obese in the majority of the lifestyle-related variables, except that females who were not overweight or obese showed lower weekly consumption of milk and dairy products (p =0.029) and higher intakes of fast foods per week (p =0.049).Conclusion: Weight loss attempts, age, number of obese in the family, and females’ education level emerged as the most important contributory factors to obesity status, explaining nearly 23% of the common variances. A better understanding of the relationships between obesity and lifestyle behaviors is necessary for effective prevention and management of obesity in Saudi females.Keywords: body mass index, fitness center, lifestyle behaviors, obesity, socio-demographic factors
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title	Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers
title_short	Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers
title_full	Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers
title_fullStr	Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers
title_full_unstemmed	Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers
title_sort	lifestyle behaviors and socio-demographic factors associated with overweight or obesity among saudi females attending fitness centers
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/759232946bb84ae48f1f77cc7675ab35
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Lifestyle Behaviors and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Overweight or Obesity Among Saudi Females Attending Fitness Centers

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