Health of school-age children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review

This review provides a snapshot of the health status of school-age children and adolescents in KSA and highlights the major data gaps especially for those < 10 year old where no nationally representative datasets exist. Many of the data sources for other age groups are not nationally representative or are too old to be useful for recommendations today. There is an urgent need to collect updated and robust data for school aged-children and adolescents in KSA to inform evidence-based policies and priorities. This study was not pre-registered in a publicly accessible registry.