Obesity and OSA in Gulf Cooperative Council Countries: Another Gulf War Syndrome

Abstract

With waistlines expanding rapidly in the residents of Gulf cooperative council countries, (GCC) (including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman) with special thanks to a fast-food culture, sedentary/westernized lifestyles, outdoor weather conditions and complex interplay of many other factors. GCC region can no longer ignore the cost of obesity (indirect and direct) in terms of consequent health problems, healthcare expenditure and human sufferings.