Journal
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages 60S-67SPublisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510373127
Keywords
body image; development; nutrition transition; obesity/overweight; underweight; United Arab Emirates; women
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- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [0851478] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The countries of the Arab Gulf have experienced accelerated development and urbanization over the last 50 years. Changes in health have likewise been dramatic: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE now have some of the highest proportions of obese/overweight people in the world, with correspondingly high rates of chronic disease. In the UAE, particularly high rates of obesity/overweight have been reported among middle-aged Emirati women, but other problems relating to health and nutrition are starting to be identified in younger age groups as well. This article describes preliminary data from a project among young Emirati women in the UAE. This study examines how these women cope with the increased availability of fast food, changing work patterns, and evolving ideas about body image, risk, and health within a larger context of increasing chronic disease and weight gain throughout the UAE.
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