Endocrine Abstracts

Abstract: The present work aim to find out if obesity is one of the major causes of metabolic syndrome in Saudi females.Material and Methods: 1356 volunteers were participated in this study ,they were from three age group from (6–12), (13–15) and (16–18). According to (BMI) and WC percentage the participated children were divided into four groups 10.8% were under weight, 58.6% were normal, 15.2% were overweight and 15.3% were obese BMI and...

Objective: To evaluate and to study obesity in Saudi female population represente by Makkah community. This study aims to investigate obesity, by detecting leptin concentration and to take other parameters like body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in assessing obesity.Methods: Two-hundred forty women (n=240) between the ages 18 and 65 participate in this study. Volunteers were divided into three groups. The first group was the normal...