Abstract
Lifestyle Behaviors and Obesity: Brief Observations from the Arab Teens Lifestyle Study (ATLS) Findings
Highlights
Results from Arab Teen Lifestyle Study (ATLS) showed that unhealthy dietary habits were widely prevalent among Saudi adolescents, including skipping breakfast, low intakes of fruit and vegetables and high consumption of fast foods, French fries/potato chips and chocolates and candy [14]
ATLS findings observed a high prevalence of short sleep duration among Saudi adolescents [32]
There were some novel findings of the ATLS study pertinent to Saudi adolescents pointing to general and abdominal obesity associations with sleep duration
Summary
It is well recognized that unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, such as physical inactivity, sedentary behaviors, unhealthy dietary habits and insufficient sleep are associated with many A recent national survey showed that overweight plus obesity (BMI>25 kg/m2) prevalence among youth 15-24 years old in Saudi Arabia is considerably high, reaching 54.1% and 51.6% for young males and females, respectively [12]. Based on the whole Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, using ATLS data pooled from eight major GCC cities, higher daily breakfast consumption showed favorable association with obesity measures and health behaviors among adolescents [22].
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