RESUMEN
A cross sectional survey was conducted in two Egyptian villages [El- Shoara Village, which is famous for obesity and Alexandria Village, where obesity was not so prevalent] including 2000 subjects aged 20 years screened by an estimation of body mass index [BMI]. A case control study was adopted. The study included 201 obese cases from the El-Shoara and 201 non-obese ones from Alexandria Village. Both cases and controls were subjected to a questionnaire interview covering the sociodemographic data and KAP about obesity. Dietary data were collected by a standardized 24-hour dietary recall and a dietary assessment was carried out by the software program World Food Dietary Assessment Version 2.0. History taking, thorough clinical examination and blood analysis for lipid profile were done. The levels of total physical activity were assessed