critique of proposed strategies for tackling female obesity in Egypt

Background: obesity is a huge health problem in Egypt. Its prevalence is the double among Egyptian females as compared to males. It is estimated that 75% of females over the age of thirty are overweight or obese. However, 95% of Egyptian females are not taking any measures to control their weight; additionally there is no national program to address the problem

Methods: following specific appraisal criteria, this research article provides a critical appraisal of strategies that could help in addressing the problem of obesity among females. This article includes an appraisal of interventions of promoting healthy lifestyle changes; healthy diet and physical activity. It also provides an appraisal of using social media, primary healthcare clinics, and pharmacies as delivery strategies of the proposed interventions

Findings: the research article reveals the feasibility of the proposed strategies based on the criteria of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, organizational feasibility, and gender appropriateness

Determinant analysis of obesity among adult females in Egypt

Background: obesity is a major and growing health problem that affects developed, and developing countries. It has many health, financial, and social consequences. Therefore, addressing obesity tops the World Health Organization's public health agenda. In Egypt, there is a remarkable increase in obesity with more than one third of the whole population being obese. A particular issue in Egypt is that prevalence of obesity is more than double among females [46%] as compared to males [22%]. Moreover, there is no national program to address the problem, and 95% of females are not taking any measures to change their weight. Despite the major gender gap in obesity prevalence, little research has examined gender differences in its determinants. Therefore, this study aims to analyse determinants of adult Egyptian female obesity

Methods: This study is an in-depth review based on secondary data collection. A conceptual framework was developed to analyse the determinants. Data is obtained from different resources such as key health databases such as PubMed, Global health, and websites of relevant institutions such as World Health Organization, and Egypt's Ministry of Health

Findings: The study has revealed the huge burden of obesity among women in Egypt. It shows that obesity among Egyptian females increases with age, wealth, urban residency, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. It revealed the growing trend of obesity among poor and rural people. It also discussed other sectors of influence that lead to higher obesity rates such as urbanization, and levels of education

Threats to Egypt's plan to eliminate hepatitis C virus infection: injection drug users and sex workers are unaddressed reservoir that cannot be ignored; a short communication

Background: Hepatitis C virus [HCV] is a huge health problem in Egypt with 15% prevalence, 165,000 annual new cases, and 40,000 annual deaths. Egypt has developed a five years plan to eliminate HCV, however this plan does not fully address the problem of HCV among vulnerable groups such as injection drug users and sex workers. This article is to shed the light on this unaddressed reservoir that threatens the fully elimination of HCV in Egypt. It also provides an overview about proposed strategies to tackle HCV problem among that sensitive population