Screen time and metabolic syndrome among expatriate adolescents in the United Arab Emirates.

Background: Both screen time and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are associated with health outcomes. However, limited data exist on the association between screen time and MetS among expatriate adolescents living in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional school-based study on 473 expatriate adolescents (47% girls) aged 12-18 years in Al-Ain district of Abu Dhabi Emirates in the UAE.

Metabolic syndrome among Emirati adolescents: a school-based study.

Objectives: Population-based data on metabolic syndrome (MetS) among children is lacking in the United Arab Emirates which has among the highest rates of diabetes in the world. In this study we determined the prevalence of MetS and its correlates in a sample of adolescents.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted on 1,018 adolescents (48.

Vitamin D deficiency among healthy adolescents in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Background: Although vitamin D deficiency has been studied in various adult populations, there are few data on the prevalence of this nutritional deficiency among healthy adolescents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and to examine its correlates in adolescents aged 15 to 18 years.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in urban schools.

Paternal asthma is a predictor for childhood asthma in the consanguineous families from the United Arab Emirates.

Consanguinity is known to increase the burden of genetic disorders among offspring. However, the effect of consanguinity on a complex disorder like childhood asthma has not been studied previously. Therefore, we explored this relationship by studying the asthma prevalence in children between 6 and 14 years of age among the local Arab families of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where consanguinity is known to be highly prevalent.