Comparative evidence of the consumption from fast-food restaurants between normal-weight and obese Saudi schoolchildren

• Published in: Public health nutrition 2018-08, Vol.21 (12), p.2280-2290
• Main Authors: Alturki, Hmidan A, Brookes, Denise SK, Davies, Peter SW
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Bioelectricity; Body Weight - physiology; Child; Children; Children & youth; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Developing countries; Diet - statistics & numerical data; Eating behavior; Families & family life; Fast food; Fast Foods - statistics & numerical data; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Female; Food; Food consumption; Food intake; Food prices; Girls; Humans; Labeling; LDCs; Male; Meals; Nutrition; Nutritional Epidemiology; Obesity; Parents; Parents & parenting; Parents - psychology; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Population; Prices; Public health; Research Paper; Restaurants; Saudi Arabia - epidemiology; Schools; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Variables; Waist Circumference - physiology; Weight
• ISSN: 1368-9800; 1475-2727
• DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018000757

To provide an in-depth analysis of the relationship between obesity and fast-food consumption by comparing urban obese and normal-weight Saudi Arabian children. A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2015 to March 2016. Participants were divided into two groups (normal weight and obese) and further stratified by sex. Groups were randomly selected using a multistage stratified cluster-sampling technique. A self-paced questionnaire was used to collect data relating to food consumption. Weight height and waist circumference were measured and bioelectrical impedance analysis was performed in all children. Capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. Children aged 9·00-11·99 years (n 1023). Compared with normal-weight groups, intake frequency of fast food/week was higher among the obese groups (P