López-Bueno, MartaFernández-Aparicio, ÁngelGonzález-Jiménez, EmilioMontero-Alonso, Miguel ÁngelSchmidt-RioValle, Jacqueline2025-01-072025-01-072021-11-25https://hdl.handle.net/10668/24856The practice of Ramadan involves a series of changes in lifestyle, mainly in eating habits. The research aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of overweight-obesity, the degree of compliance with dietary recommendations and the effects of religious fasting on cardiovascular health among a population of Muslim women living in Melilla, a Spanish city in North Africa. A follow-up cohort study was conducted on 62 healthy adult women (33.6 ± 12.7 years). Anthropometric and body composition parameters were obtained using bioimpedance and dietary records. All of the participants were overweight or obese, especially due to the non-compliance with dietary recommendations; however, more than 60% considered their weight was appropriate or even low. By the end of Ramadan, the women's body mass index and fat component values had fallen significantly (penAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Ramadananthropometrybioimpedanceeating habitsobesityAdultBody Mass IndexFastingFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIslamSelf Careresearch article34886119open access10.3390/ijerph1823123931660-4601PMC8657156https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/23/12393/pdf?version=1637838479https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8657156/pdf