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Obesity in Libya reached epidemic proportions in the twenty-first century: A study

bySami Zaptia
July 16, 2019
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Obesity in Libya reached epidemic proportions in the twenty-first century: A study

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By Sami Zaptia.

Obesity is rising to epidemic levels in Libya a new study says (Photo: Genengnews.com).

London, 16 July 2019:

Libya is following the trend observed in developing countries of steadily becoming more obese, to the extent that obesity in Libya has reached epidemic proportions in the twenty-first century, a study published yesterday by H. Lemamsha G. Randhawa, and C. Papadopoulos of the University of Omar Al-Mukhtar, Libya and the Institute for Health Research, University of Bedfordshire, UK said.

The study said that the prevalence of obesity in Libya has more than doubled in the last three decades, with the numbers of overweight and obese adults continuing to grow.

The study aimed to estimate and describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Libyan men and women.

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It said that a cross-sectional survey was conducted to examine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the Libyan population.

A multistage sampling technique was employed to select 401 Libyan adults randomly from the Benghazi electoral register.

Qualified nurses were allocated to take anthropometric measurements (including visceral fat and Body Mass Index (BMI)) from participants using the Segmental Body Composition Analyser and a portable Stadiometer.

The response rate achieved in this cross-sectional study was 78%. Four hundred and one Libyan adult, aged 20-65 years, participated; 253 were female (63%).

The report found that the prevalence of obesity, overweight, and normal weight among Libyan adults was 42.4%, 32.9%, and 24.7%, respectively.

The results also revealed that approximately 75.3% of Libyan adults were overweight and obese, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women was significantly higher than that in men (the prevalence of overweight was 33.2% in women compared to 32.4% in men, while the prevalence of obesity was 47.4% in women compared to 33.8% in men, respectively).

The findings of this study, the report said, confirmed that obesity and overweight are the fastest growing issues and have become one of the most serious public health challenges confronting the Libyan authorities.

As the obesity epidemic in Libya continues to escalate, with a complete absence of prevention interventions to reduce obesity, more research is desperately needed to follow the trend of gender difference in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Libyans adults across the Libyan state to improve the effective interventions for preventing obesity, the report concluded.

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