Prevalence and Determinants of Obesity among Elderly in an Urban Area of Bengaluru
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 11
Abstract
Background: Obesity is a serious public health challenge all over the globe. Aging process increases the risk of obesity by bringing about changes in the body composition and innate environment. The pre-sent study was undertaken to find out the prevalence and determi-nants of obesity among elderly population in an urban area. Methods: Data was collected from 247 elderly living in an urban area of Bengaluru, regarding socio-personal characteristics, dietary habits and physical exercise prac-tices. Anthropometric measure-ments such as height, weight, BMI, waist circumference and body fat percentage by using body fat moni-tor were recorded. Results: The prevalence of general-ised obesity and central obesity was 62.3% and 56.7% respectively and female sex(P=0.03, P=0.02), family history of obesity (P=0.0004, OR=3.6), (P=0.0002, OR=3.6), pres-ence of co-morbidity (P=0.0002, OR=3.1), (P=0.0001, OR=3.7) and eating three or more meals (P=0.004, OR=3.5) (P=0.007, OR=7.1) were significantly associated with both generalised and central obesity. Strong positive correlation of BMI with waist circumference and per-centage body fat, and waist circum-ference with percentage body fat were also observed. Conclusions: Around two third and more than half of the elderly sub-jects were having obesity. Female sex, family history of obesity, pres-ence of co-morbidities and eating three or more meals were signifi-cantly associated with both the type of obesity and BMI, waist circumfer-ence and body fat percentage are suitable indicators of assessment of obesity among elderly subjects.
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Sanjay TV, Arun Kumar DP, Madhusudan M
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