Table 1.
Country | Date of survey | Sample size | Sex | Age (year) | Definition | % Overweight | References |
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Afghanistan | 1997 | 4846 | M/F | 0.5–2.99 | NCHS/WHO (>2SD) | 4.0 | [13] |
Bahrain | 2003 | 188 | M | 2–<4 | IOTF | 9.5 | |
178 | F | 2–<4 | IOTF | 13.2 | [14] | ||
166 | M | 4–<6 | IOTF | 10.3 | |||
166 | F | 4–<6 | IOTF | 10.4 | |||
Djibouti | 2002 | 780 | M | 0–5 | BMI/age > 2SD (WHO) | 12.3 | [15] |
757 | F | 7.9 | |||||
Egypt | 1995-1996 | 9766 | M/F | 0–4.99 | NCHS/WHO (>2SD) | 8.6 | [13] |
Jordan | 1990 | 6601 | M/F | 0–4.99 | NCHS/WHO (>2SD) | 5.7 | [13] |
Kuwait | 2005 | 2508 | M | 2–59 m | wt/ht > 2SD (WHO) | 5.2 | [16] |
2405 | F | 6.8 | |||||
Libya | 2003 | 3608 | M | 0–5 | BMI/age > 2SD (WHO) | 13.9 | [15] |
3624 | F | 0–5 | 12.9 | ||||
Morocco | 2003-2004 | 2672 | M | 0–5 | BMI/age > 2SD (WHO) | 17.8 | [15] |
2709 | F | 0–5 | 13.2 | ||||
Oman | 1999 | 14144 | M/F | 0–5 | wt/ht > 2SD (WHO) | 1.9 | [17] |
Pakistan | 1990-1991 | 4056 | M/F | 0–4.99 | NCHS/WHO (>2SD) | 3.1 | [13] |
Qatar | 2001 | 4136 | M | 0–5 | ≥97percentiles (CDC) | 8.9 | [18] |
4095 | F | 0–5 | 9.4 | ||||
Sudan | 2000-2001 | 9018 | M | 0–4.99 | ≥2 Z-scores (WHO) | 3.0 | [19] |
9025 | F | 0–4.99 | 3.9 | ||||
Syria | 2001 | 2804 | M | 0–5 | BMI/age > 2SD (WHO) | 21.9 | [15] |
2650 | F | 0–5 | 18.4 | ||||
Tunisia | 2006 | — | M | 0–4.99 | wt/age > 2SD (WHO) | 5.6 | [20] |
— | F | 0–4.99 | 7.2 | ||||
Yemen | 2003 | 5658 | M | 0–5 | BMI/age > 2SD (WHO) | 9.3 | [15] |
5266 | F | 0–5 | 8.3 |