Endocrinology & Metabolic Syndrome
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1017
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-1017
+44 1478 350008
Bowirrat Abdalla
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience & Population Genetics EMMS, Hospital, Nazareth-The Nazareth Hospital,
Nazareth 16100
Israel
Research Article
Nutrition Style and Diet Composition Leading to Obesity and Overweight in a Cross-Sectional Survey Conducted in a Hospitalized Arab Population in Nazareth, Israel
Author(s): Bowirrat Abdalla and Bisharat BisharaBowirrat Abdalla and Bisharat Bishara
Background: Previously, epidemiological studies of overweight and obesity in the Mediterranean basin were limited, particularly for Arab population. Obesity and overweight are an important adjustable threat for many complex diseases and are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. Extraordinarily enhanced frequency and rising levels of overweight and obesity over the last 3 to 4 decades give it crucial importance as a current pandemic phenomenon and the main public health emergency worldwide, which is beginning to replace malnutrition, under-nutrition, starvation and contagious diseases as the most noteworthy contributor to chronic diseases. Recently, the effects of overweight and obesity are widely documented as one of Arab’s leading health challenges, involving all ages and all segments of the society.
Objectives: The objective of thi.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1017.1000129