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Physical inactivity and its predictors among adolescents in Saudi Arabia

A cross-sectional comparison between cities with and without a Healthy Cities Program

Ibrahim Alasqah, Ilias Mahmud, Leah East, Nada Alqarawi and Kim Usher
Saudi Medical Journal August 2021, 42 (8) 886-894; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210310
Ibrahim Alasqah
From the Department of Public Health (Alasqah, Mahmud), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah; from the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Alqarawi), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the School of Health (Alasqah, Mahmud, East, Usher), University of New England, Armidale, New South Whales, Australia.
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Ilias Mahmud
From the Department of Public Health (Alasqah, Mahmud), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah; from the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Alqarawi), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the School of Health (Alasqah, Mahmud, East, Usher), University of New England, Armidale, New South Whales, Australia.
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Leah East
From the Department of Public Health (Alasqah, Mahmud), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah; from the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Alqarawi), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the School of Health (Alasqah, Mahmud, East, Usher), University of New England, Armidale, New South Whales, Australia.
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Nada Alqarawi
From the Department of Public Health (Alasqah, Mahmud), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah; from the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Alqarawi), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the School of Health (Alasqah, Mahmud, East, Usher), University of New England, Armidale, New South Whales, Australia.
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Kim Usher
From the Department of Public Health (Alasqah, Mahmud), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah; from the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Alqarawi), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the School of Health (Alasqah, Mahmud, East, Usher), University of New England, Armidale, New South Whales, Australia.
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vol. 42 no. 8 886-894
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210310
PubMed 
34344813

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 21, 2021
  • Accepted June 18, 2021
  • Published online August 2, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Ibrahim Alasqah, BN, MN⇑,
  2. Ilias Mahmud, MPH, PhD,
  3. Leah East, BN (Hons), PhD,
  4. Nada Alqarawi, BN, MN and
  5. Kim Usher, MNSt, PhD.
  1. From the Department of Public Health (Alasqah, Mahmud), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah; from the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Alqarawi), Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the School of Health (Alasqah, Mahmud, East, Usher), University of New England, Armidale, New South Whales, Australia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ibrahim Alasqah, Department of Public Health, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Al Bukairiyah, Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: i.alasqah{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0316-1374
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