Various causative factors and associated complications of childhood obesity in Jeddah, Western Region, Saudi Arabia.

Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate the causative factors and complications attributable to obesity in children living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: This is a retrospective study encompassing a sample size of 151 children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 20 years. Data were collected through reviewing medical records, medical files on the hospital electronic system, and clinical interviews conducted with legal guardians. The date of the study was from January to June 2018, and the study was carried out in Jeddah, Western Region, Saudi Arabia. Results: Data were entered, coded, cleaned, and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (IBM SPSS), version 22. The analysis was done by assessing the significance of various risk factors and sequelae in their contribution to pediatric obesity by one-way ANOVA for nominal variables of more than two categories and independent-samples t-test for the nominal variables with two categories. The sample was 47% of the male gender, whereas females made for the remaining 53%. The causation of obesity was distributed among the following factors: an unhealthy diet, a sedentary lifestyle, medications such as glucocorticoids, and complications attributed to obesity including gastroesophageal reflux, hypertension, precocious puberty, sleep apnea, psychological disturbances, and fatty liver diseases. Conclusion: Environmental factors were found to be the most predominant cause, where the majority of children were found to be leading a sedentary lifestyle, following an unhealthy diet, and skipping meals. The most recurring complications involved psychosocial and behavioral abnormalities, and among the medical consequences, gastroesophageal reflux and obstructive sleep apnea were the most prevalent.

RésuméObjectif: Étudier les facteurs de causalité et les complications imputables à l'obésité chez les enfants vivant à Djedda, en Arabie saoudite. Méthodes: Il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective couvrant un échantillon de 151 enfants et adolescents âgés de 4 à 20 ans. Les données ont été collectées à travers l'examen des dossiers médicaux, des fichiers médicaux sur le système électronique de l'hôpital et des entretiens cliniques menés avec des tuteurs légaux. La date d'étude était de janvier à juin 2018 et a été réalisée à Djeddah, dans l'ouest de l'Arabie saoudite. Résultats: Les données ont été entrées, codées, nettoyées et analysées à l'aide d'un logiciel de statistiques sociales (IBM SPSS), version 22. L'analyse a été réalisée en évaluant l'importance de divers facteurs de risque et de leurs conséquences dans leur contribution à l'obésité pédiatrique par une ANOVA à un facteur pour les variables nominales de plus de deux catégories et Test t de l'échantillon indépendant pour les variables nominales à deux catégories. L'échantillon comprenait 47% du sexe masculin alors que les femmes représentaient les 53% restants. La cause de l'obésité a été répartie entre les facteurs suivants: une alimentation malsaine, un style de vie sédentaire, des médicaments tels que les glucocorticoïdes, et les complications attribuées à l'obésité comprennent le reflux gastroesophagien, l'hypertension, la puberté précoce, l'apnée du sommeil, des troubles psychologiques et des maladies de foie grasses. Conclusion: Les facteurs environnementaux ont été la principale cause, la majorité des enfants menant une vie sédentaire, suivant un régime alimentaire malsain et sautant des repas. Les complications les plus récurrentes concernaient des anomalies psychosociales et comportementales, et parmi les conséquences médicales, le reflux gastro-oesophagien et l'apnée obstructive du sommeil étaient les plus répandus.

Various causative factors and associated complications of childhood obesity in Jeddah, western region, Saudi Arabia.

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the causative factors and complications attributable to obesity in children living in jeddah, saudi arabia. METHODS: this is a retrospective study encompassing a sample size of 151 children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 20 years. data was collectived through revieweing medical records, medical files on the hospital electironic system and clinical interviews conducted with legal guardians. date of study was from january to june 2018, and was carried in jeddah, western region, saudi arabia. RESULTS: data was entered, coded, cleaned and analysed using statistical package for social science (IBM SPSS), version 22. the analysis was done by assessing the significance of various risk factors ands equalae in their contribution to paediatric obesity by one way ANOVA for nominal variables of more than two categories and independent sample t-test for the nominal variables with two categories. the sample was 47% of the male gender whereas females made for the remaining 53%. the causation of obesity was distributed among the following factors: an unhealthy diet, a sedentary lifestyle, medications such as glucocorticoids, and complications attributed to obesity included gastro-oesophageal reflux, hypertension, precocious puberty, sleep apnoea, psychological disturbances and fatty liver diseases. CONCLUSION: environmental factors were found to be the most predominant cause, where the majority of children were found to be leading a sedentary lifestyle, following an unhealthy diet, and skipping meals. the msot recurring complications involved psychosocial and behavioural abnormalities, and among the medical consequences, gastro-oesophageal reflux and obstructive sleep apnoea were the most prevalent.