Obesity among the Medical Students in Al-Maarefa Colleges in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia

Abstract: Obesity is abnormal or execs body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have negative effect on health. Being overweight or obese contributes to numerous health conditions that limit the quality and length of life. Determine the level of overweight and obesity; describe factors related to obesity in student’s behavior and to find out the awareness about obesity. Method: A cross-sectional was conducted on Obesity. A questionnaires was designed to collect data from the sample size was 110 medical students in Al-maarefa college during the period from 20/3/2014 to 24/5/2014. Result: Of the obese students, 35% sleep 7-8 hours. This variation in proportion of students for sleep 7-8 hours over the body weight categories was statistically significant (P= 0.0304). It was found that 76% of the medical students of Al-maarefa College are strongly agreed that eating fruits would make them healthier. Those who strongly agree on these parameters, with significant difference of (P=0, 0252). Among the 110 medical students in Al-mararefa College about 18.18% are over strongly agree that watching television would make them eat more this was statistically significant. Percentage was 31.81% and who were disagree was 68.18%and statistically no significant (p=0.0024). Conclusion: watching television, sleep less and not eating fruit were the major risk factors of obesity. Keywords: Obesity, overweight, BMI, health, obese. Title: Obesity among the Medical Students in Al-Maarefa Colleges in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia Author: Mohammed N. Alothman, Sohail S. Alshahrani, Altaher M. Alfaez, Yazed A. Alkriadees, Khaled A. Alkriadees, Khalid A. Abualela, Mutaz M. Alharbi, Shibl A. Alotaibi, Talal S. Alyahyawi, Faisal H. Alhadeedi International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Research Publish Journals

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