Regional variation in prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity in this report is almost double the prevalence reported about 10 years ago by El Hazmi and Warsy.[ 20 ] The second most important finding was the highly significant difference in prevalence of overweight and obesity between the Southwestern and the other regions whereas the difference between the Central and Northern region were generally insignificant, a pattern similar to previous reports.[ 20 21 ] Well-known potential causes of regional variation in prevale

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