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Correlation between obesity and sleep disturbance in Saudi medical students

2017; Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia; Volume: 29; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1589/jpts.29.181

2187-5626

Abdulaziz A. Alodhayani, Omalkhaire M. Alshaikh, Firas Ghomraoui, Tahani Jathab AlShaibani, Abdulrahman S. Algadheeb, Abdulrahman Waleed Bendahmash, Abdullah Ali Baqays,

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

[Purpose] The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between sleep duration, quality and obesity in the medical students of Saudi population. [Subjects and Methods] This is a cross-sectional study carried out in 408 medical students from King Khalid University Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, based on well-designed questionnaire study and consent form. [Results] The results of this study revealed 39.9% of subjects perform the exercise on regular basis and 61.5% of them reduced their weight, which may be due to diet plan (52.9%) also. Only 68.6% of the subjects were affected with the weight. The maximum number of subjects was lying down after the lunch (88.2%), sitting and reading (80.1%) are prone to develop obesity in future. [Conclusion] Our study confirms sleep disturbance has affected the weight gain and the maximum number of subjects was lying down after the lunch and sitting and reading will be prone to develop obesity in future.