Table 3.

National prevalence of overweight and obesity among female preschool children, schoolchildren, adolescents, and adults in Eastern Mediterranean region

Country	Preschool children (0–5 years)			Schoolchildren and adolescents					Adults (15 years +)
	Year of data	% Overweight	Reference	Year of data	Age range (years)	% Overweight	% Obesity	Reference	Year of data	% Overweight	% Obesity	Reference
Afghanistan	1997	4.0	158	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bahrain	2003	7.5	159	2006	15–18	17.4	19.4	165	2007	31.1	40.3	174
Djibouti	2002	7.9	149	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Egypt	1995–1996	8.6	158	2003–2004	10–18	15.2	7.7	166	–	–	–	–
Iran	–	–	–	2003–2004	6–18	5.9	1.3	167	2004–2005	57.0	25.2	175
Jordan	1990	5.7	158	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kuwait	2005	6.8	160	2006	10–14	32.1	14.2	168	2007	28.9	53.0	176
Lebanon	–	–	–	1995–1996	10–19	14.7	2.9	169	1995–1996	30.6	15.5	169
Libya	2003	12.9	149	–	–	–	–	–	2000	21.1	7.1	177
Morocco	2003–2004	13.2	149	–	–	–	–	–	1998–1999	33.0	18.3	178
Oman	1999	01.9	161	–	–	–	–	–	2000	27.2	22.3	179
Palestine	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2002	–	10.9	182
Pakistan	1990–1991	03.1	158	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Qatar	2001	09.4	162	2003–2004	10–18	20.0	3.9	170	–	–	–	–
Saudi Arabia	–	–	–	2005	5–12	19.2	11.0	171	2005	28.8	50.4	180
Sudan	2000–2001	03.9	163	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Syria	2001	18.4	149	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tunisia	2006	07.2	164	2005	15–19	20.4	4.4	172	2005	71.3	13.3	181
UAE	–	–	–	2005	15–19	21.7	11.0	173	–	–	–	–
Yemen	2003	8.3	149	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Abbreviation: UAE, United Arab Emirates.