Prevalence of morbid obesity among the white English people compared with that in the Jordanians

Overweight and obesity is a worldwide problem its prevalence is significant among all ages Globally the obesity has nearly tripled since In England adult rsquo s survey aged and over showed that of people were either overweight or obese The present high prevalence of obesity in the UK is mainly attributed to the widely used takeaway food This project was designed to study the prevalence of morbid obesity among white English people and compare it with that in the Jordanian population where the race culture and food habits are different nbsp Morbid obese and normal bodyweight male and female of white English and Jordanian people were selected randomly They were divided into four groups One group was children aged years Second group was teen agers years old Third group was young adults aged ndash years Forth group was people aged years and over Prevalence rate of morbid obesity in each group was counted as a percentage of the morbid obese individuals related to the normal body weight people In the white English people the morbid obesity prevalence rate is nearly identical in both sexes within similar age groups There is as well a similar linear progressive rise in the prevalence rate from childhood up to the elderly age in both sexes nbsp In the Jordanians The prevalence rates are nearly similar in both sexes among children teen agers and young adults groups The prevalence is relatively low in children and teen agers it rises sharply in the young adults and older people Old ladies have higher prevalence rate than that in the men Overweight children and adolescents associated with parental obesity were noticed among the white British and Jordanian people nbsp This study showed that the morbid obesity prevalence is higher in the white English people than in the Jordanians in both sexes within all age groups These findings coincide with the previously reported data on the prevalence of obesity in the UK and Jordan nbsp The study emphasised the importance of watching body weight at all ages to avoid the obesity associated diseases nbsp