Physical, behavioural, and psychosocial factors associated with childhood and adolescent obesity: a study from the United Arab Emirates
These results highlight factors that may play a role in culturally specific drivers of paediatric obesity in the Middle East and will help to natively tailor prevention and intervention efforts.
Authors
- Nader Lessan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-0961)
- Tanveer Ashraf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1722-8444)
- Alaina L. Pearce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3157-6566)
- Radwa Helal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4690-6783)
- Chandan J. Vaidya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8445-7475)
- S J Saidi
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (AE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1701873
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Georgetown University
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences