Table 3.

Results of studies on the prevalence of obesity and diabetes type 2 among Bedouins in the Negev

Ref.	Date	Subjects	Study results
Ben Assa[38]	1961	2000 examined Bedouins	10 diabetic patients
Fraser et al[40]	1990	Tribal and settled Bedouin males	Among settled Bedouins, 15% were obese and 35% were overweight. Among tribal Bedouins, none were obese and 23% were overweight
Abou-Rbiah et al[42]	2002	3115 patients from an urban Bedouin clinic	The prevalence of diabetes was 7.3% in males and 9.9% in females. The mean BMI was 30 in females and 29 in males
Cohen et al[41]	2005	Population of the Negev area	The prevalence of diabetes was 5.1% in Bedouins, 3.7% in non-Bedouins, 5.5% in urban Bedouins, 3.9% in rural Bedouins. Diabetes was well controlled in 29.3% of the Bedouins and 46.7% of the non-Bedouins
Tamir et al[43]	2007	28449 Bedouins, 14012 Jews, older than 20	The prevalence of diabetes was 12% in the Bedouins compared to 8% in the Jews) The non-compliance rate for treatment was 72.9% among diabetic Bedouins
Fraser et al[34]	2008	793 Jews and 169 Bedouins aged 35-64 yr	The obesity rate was 27.9% among Bedouins and 20% among Jews
Leshem et al[36]	2008	31 encampment Bedouin women	The mean BMI was 30.3
Abu-Saad et al[35]	2012	683 pregnant Bedouin women	42% were either overweight or obese (based on their pre-pregnancy BMI)

BMI: Body mass index.