Table 3.
National prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents and adults in selected Arab countries.
| Country | Children and Adolescents | Adults (15+ years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of Survey | Age (years) | Sex | Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) | Ref. | Date of Survey | Sex | Overweight (%) | Obesity (%) | Ref. | |
| Bahrain | 2006 | 15–18 | M | 15.8 | 13.7 | 55 | 2007 | M | 34.8 | 32.3 | 63 |
| F | 17.4 | 19.4 | F | 35.1 | 40.3 | ||||||
| Egypt | 2004 | 10–18 | M | 11.5 | 6.5 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 15.2 | 7.7 | |||||||||
| Kuwait | 2006 | 10–14 | M | 29.3 | 14.9 | 57 | 2007 | M | 38.9 | 39.2 | 64 |
| F | 32.1 | 14.2 | F | 28.9 | 53.0 | ||||||
| Lebanon | 1995–1996 | 10–19 | M | 26.9 | 7.7 | 58 | 1995–1996 | M | 43.4 | 14.3 | 58 |
| F | 14.7 | 2.9 | F | 30.6 | 15.5 | ||||||
| Libya | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2000 | M | 19.2 | 5.8 | 65 |
| F | 21.1 | 7.1 | |||||||||
| Morocco | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1995–1999 | M | 28.0 | 05.7 | 44 |
| F | 33.0 | 18.3 | |||||||||
| Oman | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2000 | M | 30.6 | 15.5 | 66 |
| F | 27.2 | 22.3 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 2003–2004 | 6–9 | M | 16.3 | 3.5 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 15.5 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| Palestine | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2002 | F | – | 10.9 | 67 |
| S. Arabia | 2005 | 5–12 | M | 19.9 | 7.8 | 60 | 2005 | M | 43.0 | 31.5 | 68 |
| F | 19.2 | 11.0 | F | 28.8 | 50.4 | ||||||
| Tunisia | 2005 | 15–19 | M | 17.4 | 4.1 | 61 | 2005 | M | 51.7 | 37.0 | 69 |
| F | 20.4 | 4.4 | F | 71.1 | 12.3 | ||||||
| UAE | 2005 | 10–19 | M | 21.2 | 13.2 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 21.3 | 11.0 | |||||||||