Prevalence and risk factors for obesity among high school children: Our experience from UHTC, Khaja Bazar, Gulbarga
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: The pace and pattern of the spread of the global public health problem of obesity is rapidly replacing the problem of Malnutrition. Most children develop their eating habits, lifestyle and activity pattern during childhood. Obesity in Childhood may lead to adult life complication such as DM-II, Hypertension, CHD etc. Objective: To know the prevalence of Obesity and its contributing factors among High School Children. Methods: A community based Cross Sectional study was conducted amongst 100 High School Children from four Schools in the Khaja Bazaar Area, Kalaburgi by using Systematic and Simple Random Sampling Technique. BMI for age percentiles were used to adjudicate verweight and Obesity. Results: 13% and 06% was found to be the prevalence of Overweight and Obesity respectively. Highest prevalence of Overweight and Obese children was seen in the age group of 14-15 Years and more among Females. A positive association was found with Sedentary lifestyle, Excessive TV gazing, Mobile and other Media Usage and frequent Junk Food Snacking. A negative alliance was found with Outdoor activities. Conclusion: It was noticed that although the prevalence of Overweight and Obese individuals wasn’t alarming when compared to National pooled data post 2010, it wasn’t negligible either. Girls were found to be more prone to be Overweight or Obese as compared to Boys. A positive association with lifestyle, activity and snacking pattern suggested a dire need to change the said obesogenic nvironmental factors.
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Mohd. Abdul Baseer, Mohin Sakre, Syed Mustafa Al Hussaini, N D Bendigeri
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