Perceived Barriers to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among Adolescents in Seven Arab Countries: A Cross‐Cultural Study

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Abdulrahman O. Musaiger · Bahrain Center for Strategic International and Energy Studies

Mariam Al‐Mannai · University of Bahrain

Reema Tayyem · Hashemite University

Osama Al-Lalla

Essa Y. A. Ali

Faiza Kalam

Mofida M. Benhamed · University of Tripoli

Sabri Saghir · Hebron University

Abstract

Intervention programmes to combat obesity and other chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Arab world should include solutions to overcome the barriers to weight maintenance, particularly the sociocultural barriers to practising physical activity.

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Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Eating Disorders and Behaviors Health and Lifestyle Studies

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Published in: The Scientific World JOURNAL

Volume 2013, Issue 1, pp. 232164-232164

DOI: 10.1155/2013/232164

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 7.18

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Perceived Barriers to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity among Adolescents in Seven Arab Countries: A Cross‐Cultural Study

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