title: Correlation between obesity and sleep disturbance in Saudi medical students.
abstract: [Purpose] The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between sleep duration, quality and obesity in the medical students of Saudi population. [Subjects and Methods] This is a cross-sectional study carried out in 408 medical students from King Khalid University Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, based on well-designed questionnaire study and consent form. [Results] The results of this study revealed 39.9% of subjects perform the exercise on regular basis and 61.5% of them reduced their weight, which may be due to diet plan (52.9%) also. Only 68.6% of the subjects were affected with the weight. The maximum number of subjects was lying down after the lunch (88.2%), sitting and reading (80.1%) are prone to develop obesity in future. [Conclusion] Our study confirms sleep disturbance has affected the weight gain and the maximum number of subjects was lying down after the lunch and sitting and reading will be prone to develop obesity in future.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Community Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulaziz A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alodhayani
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Omalkhaire M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Alshaikh
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Community Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Firas Abdulsattar
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Ghomraoui
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Community Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Tahani Jathab
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: AlShaibani
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Community Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulrahman Sulaiman
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Algadheeb
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Community Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulrahman Waleed
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bendahmash
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine and Community Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdullah Ali
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Baqays
keywords: Obesity; Sleep; Weight gain