Table 2.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents (15–18 years) in seven Arab countries based on IOTF reference.
| Obesity status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country (city) |
Sex | Nonobese | Overweight | Obese | P value* | |||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |||
| Algeria (Algiers city) |
M | 168 | (86.6) | 18 | (9.3) | 8 | (4.1) | <0.1372 |
| F | 212 | (80.0) | 41 | (15.5) | 12 | (4.5) | ||
| Jordan (Amman) |
M | 315 | (68.2) | 100 | (21.6) | 47 | (10.2) | <0.0005 |
| F | 370 | (77.9) | 83 | (17.5) | 22 | (4.6) | ||
| Kuwait (Kuwait city) |
M | 108 | (39.6) | 70 | (25.6) | 95 | (34.8) | <0.0000 |
| F | 208 | (58.6) | 74 | (20.8) | 73 | (20.6) | ||
| Libya (Tripoli) |
M | 207 | (74.0) | 46 | (16.4) | 27 | (9.6) | <0.007 |
| F | 222 | (63.4) | 93 | (26.6) | 35 | (10.0) | ||
| Palestine (Al-Khalil) |
M | 181 | (82.3) | 28 | (12.7) | 11 | (5.0) | <0.7095 |
| F | 216 | (84.0) | 32 | (12.5) | 9 | (3.5) | ||
| Syria (Damascus) |
M | 401 | (73.0) | 111 | (20.3) | 37 | (6.7) | <0.5898 |
| F | 383 | (74.7) | 103 | (20.1) | 27 | (5.3) | ||
| UAE (Sharjah city) |
M | 168 | (64.1) | 44 | (16.8) | 50 | (19.1) | <0.0000 |
| F | 194 | (79.8) | 33 | (13.6) | 16 | (6.6) | ||
*Difference between male and female.