Physical activity, dietary habits, screen time, and sleep duration among Saudi male adolescent athletes and non-athletes: a cross-sectional study
Fahad Bin Radhyan, Rakesh Tomar, Abdulmalek K. Bursais, Abdulrahman I. Alaqil · 2026
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Saudi teen athletes live differently from their non-sporting peers, in a 2026 cross-sectional study by Fahad Bin Radhyan and colleagues. The Riyadh project surveyed 124 boys aged 16 to 17, 70 athletes and 54 non-athletes, with a validated 47-item Arab teen lifestyle questionnaire.
Athletes nearly all met activity guidelines, 98.6% of them versus 55.6% of the non-athlete group, and carried lower body mass index, 23.64 in athletes versus 29.69 in the comparison group, both in kg/m2. More athletes ate fruit on five or more days weekly, 54.3% of athletes versus 33.3% of the other boys. Oddly, athletes slept less, 9.06 hours a night versus 11.28 hours for the non-athletes, though both groups cleared 8 hours. Screen time did not differ, complicating any simple sport-is-healthier story.
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| CREATOR | Fahad Bin Radhyan, Rakesh Tomar, Abdulmalek K. Bursais, Abdulrahman I. Alaqil |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38131 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |