ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2006 | Volume
: 13 | Issue : 2 | Page : 65--69
Dermatoses in obese female schoolchildren in the Al-Khobar area, Eastern Saudi Arabia
Wafa Y Al-Saeed, Kasim M Al-Dawood, Iqbal A Bukhari, Ahmed Bahnassy
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Wafa Y Al-Saeed
Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 2776, Al-Khobar 31952
Saudi Arabia
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the most frequent skin disorders in obese female schoolchildren in primary and intermediate schools in the Al-Khobar area, Eastern Saudi Arabia .
Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Al-Khobar area. It involved 2239 female schoolchildren randomly selected from 30 regular public and private primary and preparatory schools. A multi-stage stratified random sampling technique with proportional allocation was used. Data was collected using clinical examination and anthropometric measurements.
Result: The skin diseases that were most common in obese schoolchildren were: dandruff, acne, xerosis, acanthosis nigricans, folliculitis, alopecia, stria distensae (stretch marks) and callosity.
Conclusions and recommendations: obesity is associated with specific skin disorders. Health education programs on skin diseases and obesity should be provided to all schoolchildren, their families and teachers.
How to cite this article:
Al-Saeed WY, Al-Dawood KM, Bukhari IA, Bahnassy A. Dermatoses in obese female schoolchildren in the Al-Khobar area, Eastern Saudi Arabia.J Fam Community Med 2006;13:65-69
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Al-Saeed WY, Al-Dawood KM, Bukhari IA, Bahnassy A. Dermatoses in obese female schoolchildren in the Al-Khobar area, Eastern Saudi Arabia. J Fam Community Med [serial online] 2006 [cited 2021 Jan 26 ];13:65-69
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