Some Socioeconomic Factors and Lifestyle Habits Influencing the Prevalence of Obesity among Adolescent Male Students in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Awfa Y. Alazzeh (Author), Eyad M. AlShammari (Author), Majdi M. Smadi (Author), Firas S. Azzeh (Author), Bandar T. AlShammari (Author), Suneetha Epuru (Author), Shahidah Banu (Author), Rafia Bano (Author), Shadi Sulaiman (Author), Jerold C. Alcantara (Author), Syed A. Ashraf (Author), Samir Qiblawi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the effect of some socioeconomic factors and lifestyle habits on the prevalence of obesity among adolescent male students in the Hail region, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was filled by 1495 male adolescents distributed among 12 schools in the Hai...