Restricted to their homes for almost all but religious activities, Saudi women fall into comfortable lives away from physical exercise, which has led to a shocking 40 percent of them becoming obese。

　　Citing Khaled bin Abid, secretary general of the Saudi Household and Social Medical Association, the alarabonline website reported Wednesday that more than 43.3 percent of Saudi women are overweight or obese。

　　With more and more Saudis migrating from the countryside to cities and the increasing dependence on technological products in modern family life, the Saudis have a better standard of living, turning them too lazy and less involved in physical exercise, which is a worrisome situation, bin Abid said。

　　The obesity rate in Saudi men stands at 28.6 percent, still a large figure not much better than that of women。

　　The induced "modern diseases" such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and atherosclerosis are posing serious threats to the health of citizens, bin Abid added。

　　由于生活相对安逸及缺乏体育锻炼，特别是沙特女子除进行宗教活动外几乎足不出户，导致沙特阿拉伯超过四成的女子肥胖。

　　据阿拉伯人在线网站10日报道，沙特家庭和社会医学协会秘书长哈立德•本•阿比德说，在沙特女性中，肥胖者超过了43.3%。

　　哈立德表示，由于越来越多的人生活从农村转到城市，以及现代家庭日常生活中对科技产品的依赖，尤其是国民生活水平不断提高，沙特人变得不愿动弹、很少锻炼身体，34%的沙特人根本就不进行任何体育锻炼。肥胖现象越来越严重，成为令人担忧的社会问题。由此诱发的高血压，高血脂，高血糖、动脉硬化等“现代病”都对人们的健康构成极大威胁。

　　哈立德还表示，沙特男性肥胖现象同样不容乐观，全国男性肥胖率也达到28.6%，这同样是一个不小的数字。(作者黄培昭)