Arabia Saudí
High income
- Vista general
- Prevalencia de obesidad
- Tendencias a lo largo del tiempo
- Contextual factors
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Riesgo nacional de obesidad *7/10This is a composite ‘obesity risk’ score (out of 10, the highest risk) based on obesity prevalence, rate of increase, likelihood of meeting the 2025 target, treatment indicator and childhood stunting levels.Riesgo de obesidad infantil *7,5/11This is a ‘risk score’ for each country’s likelihood of having or acquiring a major childhood obesity problem during the 2020s, taking account of current prevalence levels and risk for future obesity (based on stunting among infants, maternal obesity, maternal smoking, and breastfeeding rates).
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Cáncer de esófago
Cáncer de mama
Cáncer colorrectal
Cáncer de páncreas
Cáncer de la vesícula biliar
Cáncer de riñón
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Tensión arterial elevada
Colesterol elevado
Glucemia en ayunas elevada
Prevalencia de la diabetes
Ovarian Cancer
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Contextual factors
Prevalencia de obesidad
Adultos, 2024
| Tipo de encuesta: | Autodeclarado |
| Edad: | 15+ |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 73544 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | General Authority for Statistics. Health Determinants Statistics Publication 2024. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Riyadh. Available at: https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435259/Health+Determinants+Statistics+Publication+2024+EN.pdf [Accessed 19.06.25] |
| Notas: | Data from the National Health Survey, collected through computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI) |
| A menos que se indique lo contrario, el sobrepeso se refiere a un IMC entre 25 kg y 29,9 kg/m² y la obesidad se refiere a un IMC superior a 30 kg/m².. | |
Adultos, 2019
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 18+ |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 7890 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | 2019 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia World Health Survey. https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/Statistics/Population-Health-Indicators/Documents/World-Health-Survey-Saudi-Arabia.pdf (Accessed 16.11.2021) |
| A menos que se indique lo contrario, el sobrepeso se refiere a un IMC entre 25 kg y 29,9 kg/m² y la obesidad se refiere a un IMC superior a 30 kg/m².. | |
Adultos, 2013
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 15+ |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 10735 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Saudi Health Interview Survey (SHIS) |
| Notas: | NB. Combined adult data estimated. These estimates were calculated by weighting male and female survey results. Weighting based on World Bank Population % total female 2019 (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS - accessed 08.10.20)' |
| A menos que se indique lo contrario, el sobrepeso se refiere a un IMC entre 25 kg y 29,9 kg/m² y la obesidad se refiere a un IMC superior a 30 kg/m².. | |
Adultos, 2005
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 25-64 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 3571 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Al-Hamdan, NA; Kutbi, A; Choudhry AJ; Nooh R; Shoukri M; Mujib, SA.WHO Stepwise approach to NCD Surveillance Country-Specific Standard Report Saudi Arabia (2005) Ministry of Health Saudia Arabia in colaboration with WHO, EMRO |
| Notas: | Data for 15-24yrs also available |
| A menos que se indique lo contrario, el sobrepeso se refiere a un IMC entre 25 kg y 29,9 kg/m² y la obesidad se refiere a un IMC superior a 30 kg/m².. | |
Adultos, 1995-2000
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 30+ |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 17223 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Mansour Al-Nozha, et al. (2005). Obesity in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical Journal, 26:824 - 829. WHO Infobase. |
| A menos que se indique lo contrario, el sobrepeso se refiere a un IMC entre 25 kg y 29,9 kg/m² y la obesidad se refiere a un IMC superior a 30 kg/m².. | |
Adultos, 1989-1994
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 18+ |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 6253 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Osman AK, Al-Nozha MM. Risk factors of coronary artery disease in different regions of Saudi Arabia. Eastern Mediterranean health Journal;6:465-474 |
| A menos que se indique lo contrario, el sobrepeso se refiere a un IMC entre 25 kg y 29,9 kg/m² y la obesidad se refiere a un IMC superior a 30 kg/m².. | |
Niños, 2024
| Tipo de encuesta: | Autodeclarado |
| Edad: | 2-14 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 79723 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | General Authority for Statistics. Health Determinants Statistics Publication 2024. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Riyadh. Available at: https://www.stats.gov.sa/documents/20117/2435259/Health+Determinants+Statistics+Publication+2024+EN.pdf [Accessed 19.06.25] |
| Notas: | Data from the Woman and Child Health Survey 2024, collected through computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI). Sample size includes adult women not shown in this data. |
| Cutoffs: | WHO |
Niños, 2020-2022
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 6-19 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 1134317 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Alhamed, A., Al-Zeer, A., Alsaawi, F., Alshaikh, A., Alzaher, A., Alkattan, A., Alrasheed, N., Sagor, K., Alsalem, E., Ibrahim, M. and Alfaleh, A., 2023. The shifting patterns of childhood obesity: Insights from national school screening data. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, p.101862. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | Growth Charts for Saudi Children and Adolescents. BMI data were plotted on Saudi’s sex-specific percentile charts and categorized into four groups: underweight (less than the 5th percentile), normal weight (5th percentile to less than 85th percentile), overweight (85th to less than 95th percentile), obese (95th percentile or greater), and severe obesity (120% of the 95th percentile or greater) |
| Cutoffs: | Other |
Niños, 2018-2019
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 6-14 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 444259 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Al Daajani, Manal M., Dina M. Al-Habib, Mona H. Ibrahim, Nora A. Al Shewear, Yahya M. Fagihi, Abrar A. Alzaher, Amjad F. Alfaleh, and Khaled I. Alabdulkareem 2021. "Prevalence of Health Problems Targeted by the National School-Based Screening Program among Primary School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2019" Healthcare 9, no. 10: 1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101310 |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | BMI data were plotted on Saudi’s sexâ€specific percentile charts and categorized into four groups: underweight (less than 5th percentile); normal weight (between 5th percentile and 85th percentile); overweight (between 85th and 95th percentile); and obesity (more than 95th percentile) |
| Cutoffs: | Other |
Niños, 2017-2018
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 10-19 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 220842 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Ibrahim, M., Albwardi, S., Alzaher, A., Nahhas, M. and Alabdulkareem, K., 2021. School-Based Body Mass Index Survey: A national study of Obesity Prevalence among School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2018: Obesity Prevalence among School Students in Saudi Arabia, 2018. Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, 15(2). |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | BMI data were plotted on Saudi’s sexâ€specific percentile charts. |
| Cutoffs: | Other |
Niños, 2017-2019
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 6-13 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 2169 |
| Zona abarcada: | Riyadh and Jeddah |
| Referencias: | Al-Hazzaa, H.M. et al. (2022). Prevalence of overweight and obesity among saudi children: A comparison of two widely used international standards and the national growth references. Frontiers in Endocrinology, [online] 13. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.954755 |
| Notas: | WHO and KSA cut-off data also available in article |
| Cutoffs: | IOTF |
Niños, 2015
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 6-16 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 7930 |
| Zona abarcada: | Regional |
| Referencias: | Al-Hussaini A, Bashir MS, Khormi M, et al. Overweight and obesity among Saudi children and adolescents: Where do we stand today?. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2019;25(4):229–235. doi:10.4103/sjg.SJG_617_18 |
| Notas: | Region: Riyadh City (urban), WHO 2007 Cut Off |
| Cutoffs: | WHO |
Niños, 2013-2014
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 15-18 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 968 |
| Zona abarcada: | Subnational (Dammam) |
| Referencias: | Musaiger A.O et al. 2016. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in eight Arab countries: comparison between two international standards (ARABEAT-2). Nutr Hosp. 33(5). pp. 1062-1065. |
| Notas: | IOTF cut-offs used NOTE: 2016 data available, sample size (1109). Al-Ghamdi et al. 2018. Prevalence of overweight and obesity based on the body mass index; a cross-sectional study in Alkharj, Saudi Arabia. Lipids in Health and Disease. 17 (134). Doi: 10.1186/s12944-018-0778-5. |
| Cutoffs: | IOTF |
Niños, 2005
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 13-17 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 19317 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | El Mouzan MI, Foster PJ, Al Herbish AS et al. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents. Ann Saudi Med. 2010 May-Jun; 30(3): 203–208. |
| Notas: | WHO 2007 Cut OFF. Not IOTF Cut off. Comparison with CDC cut off also available |
| Cutoffs: | WHO |
Niños, 1994-1998
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Edad: | 5-17 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 12698 |
| Zona abarcada: | Nacional |
| Referencias: | Elhazmi Mohsen AF and Warsy AS. (2002). The prevalence of overweight and obesity in 1 - 18 years-old Saudi Children. Annuals Saudi Medicals, 22(5-6):303 - 307. |
| Notas: | IOTF Cut off. Reference: Cole TJ, Bellizzi MC, Flegal KM, Dietz WH. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: International survey. BMJ. 2000 May 6;320(7244):1240-3. |
| Cutoffs: | IOTF |
0-5 years, 2020
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 2645 |
| Referencias: | Surveillance: Saudi Arabia Nutrition Surveillance 2020 |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2019
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 5181 |
| Referencias: | Surveillance: Saudi Arabia Nutrition Surveillance 2019 |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2018
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 5954 |
| Referencias: | Surveillance: Saudi Arabia Health Monitoring System (2018 Extract) |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2017
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 6784 |
| Referencias: | Surveillance: Saudi Arabia Health Monitoring System (2017 Extract) |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2016
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 4797 |
| Referencias: | Surveillance: Saudi Arabia Nutrition Surveillance 2016 |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2015
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 6890 |
| Referencias: | Surveillance: Saudi Arabia Nutrition Surveillance 2015 |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2004-2005
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 15601 |
| Referencias: | Other: Growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents. Saudi Medical Journal 2007;28:1555-68 |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 1994
| Edad: | 0-5 |
| Tamaño de la muestra: | 23821 |
| Referencias: | Other: Comparison of the growth standards between Saudi and American children aged 0-5 years. Saudi Medical Journal 2003;24:598-602 [Erratum Saudi Medical Journal 2003;24:1032] |
| Notas: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. |
| Definiciones (solo disponible en inglés): | =>+2SD |
Obesity prevalence in Saudi Arabia adults, 1989-2019
Hombres
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Referencias: | 1989: Osman AK, Al-Nozha MM. Risk factors of coronary artery disease in different regions of Saudi Arabia. Eastern Mediterranean health Journal;6:465-474 2013: Saudi Health Interview Survey (SHIS) 2019: 2019 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia World Health Survey. https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/Statistics/Population-Health-Indicators/Documents/World-Health-Survey-Saudi-Arabia.pdf (Accessed 16.11.2021) |
| Es posible que se hayan utilizado diferentes metodologías para recopilar estos datos y, por lo tanto, los resultados de las diferentes encuestas no siempre son estrictamente comparables. Consulte las fuentes de datos originales para informarse sobre las metodologías utilizadas. | |
Mujeres
| Tipo de encuesta: | Medido |
| Referencias: | 1989: Osman AK, Al-Nozha MM. Risk factors of coronary artery disease in different regions of Saudi Arabia. Eastern Mediterranean health Journal;6:465-474 2013: Saudi Health Interview Survey (SHIS) 2019: 2019 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia World Health Survey. https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/Statistics/Population-Health-Indicators/Documents/World-Health-Survey-Saudi-Arabia.pdf (Accessed 16.11.2021) |
| Es posible que se hayan utilizado diferentes metodologías para recopilar estos datos y, por lo tanto, los resultados de las diferentes encuestas no siempre son estrictamente comparables. Consulte las fuentes de datos originales para informarse sobre las metodologías utilizadas. | |
