The Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight in 1-18-Year-Old Saudi Children

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  • Language
    English
  • Publication Date
    2002/09/01
  • Indian UGC (journal)
  • Refrences
    43
  • Citations
    45
  • Mohsen A.F. El-Hazmi From the Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Arjumand S. Warsy From the Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Cite
El-Hazmi, Mohsen A.F., and Arjumand S. Warsy. “The Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight in 1-18-Year-Old Saudi Children”. Annals of Saudi Medicine, vol. 22, no. 5-6, 2002, pp. 303-7, https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2002.303.
El-Hazmi, M. A., & Warsy, A. S. (2002). The Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight in 1-18-Year-Old Saudi Children. Annals of Saudi Medicine, 22(5-6), 303-307. https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2002.303
El-Hazmi MA, Warsy AS. The Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight in 1-18-Year-Old Saudi Children. Annals of Saudi Medicine. 2002;22(5-6):303-7.
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  • Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
  • Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
  • Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene
  • Technology: Home economics: Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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  • Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
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Citations Analysis
The category Medicine: Medicine (General) 14 is the most commonly referenced area in studies that cite this article. The first research to cite this article was titled Prevalence and socioeconomic risk factors of obesity among urban female students in Al‐Khobar city, Eastern Saudi Arabia, 2003 and was published in 2006. The most recent citation comes from a 2023 study titled Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Students of Government and Private High Schools in an Indian State With Significant Tribal Population: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study. This article reached its peak citation in 2017, with 16 citations. It has been cited in 24 different journals, 25% of which are open access. Among related journals, the Food and Nutrition Sciences cited this research the most, with 13 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.
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