ReviewSaudi medical journal2023
Obesity management in the Saudi population.
Review in Saudi medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of probiotics on selected anthropometrics and biochemical measures in overweight or obese Saudi subjects: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial.Public health nutrition · 2024Trial
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- Prevalence of obesity and its relationship with lifestyle patterns among adults in Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- The Role of Lipid Disorders in Cardiovascular Mortality Among Saudis: A Review Perspective.International journal of endocrinology · 2026Review
- Clinical and metabolic profile of adults with obesity attending lifestyle medicine clinics.PloS one · 2026Article
- Healthy Lifestyle Interventions for Non-communicable Disease Prevention in Saudi Arabia: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Cost-Consequence Analysis of Semaglutide vs. Liraglutide for Managing Obese Prediabetic and Diabetic Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Single-Center Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comorbidity Patterns Among Patients Diagnosed with Sialolithiasis: A Retrospective Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the impact of a family physician-led lifestyle clinic on overweight and obesity: A clustered randomized trial in Hail, Saudi Arabia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national disease burden attributable to high body mass index in youth and young adults: 2021 global burden of disease study analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The effects of different types of undergraduate education on body weight, appetite, and physical activity habits in normal-weight Saudi female students.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- A systematic review of obesity burden in Saudi Arabia: Prevalence and associated co-morbidities.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Review
- The Burden Cancer-Related Deaths Attributable to High Body Mass Index in a Gulf Cooperation Council: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2024Article
- Awareness of Bariatric Sleeve Gastrectomy Complications Among the General Population of Saudi Arabian Regions.Cureus · 2024Article
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Abstract
Obesity is an alarming public health concern and needs to be addressed promptly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sedentary lifestyle, changes in dietary intake and choice, culture, gender, climatic conditions and, lately, COVID-19 have contributed to obesity as a near epidemic in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Interventions targeting obesity includes lifestyle management, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. Lifestyle interventions qualify as first-line therapies. Diets include a low-fat diet, low-calorie diet, low-carbohydrate diet, high-protein diet, and low-glycemic-index diet. Diet and exercise interventions can have a huge impact on weight loss. Pharmacotherapy is considered a treatment option at a later stage. Surgery is only for severely obese individuals. Above all, the government has to intervene and implement regulations and policies that can curb the incidence of obesity. This review aims to address obesity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, interventions to curb it, and the impact of COVID-19 on obesity.
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