Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity And its Correlates in Medical And Nursing Students of UPUMS, Saifai, Etawah
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Obesity is the most common expression of unhealthy diet often combined with lack of physical activity. We are amidst an epidemic of obesity which has serious health ramifications. Easy availability of fast foods, junk food culture and sedentary life style add fuel to fire. Realizing this fact, the present study was undertaken on medical and nursing students. Aim: To study the prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity in medical and nursing students. Objectives: 1-To study the prevalence of overweight and obesity in medical and nursing students of various batches. 2- To study the correlates of overweight and obesity medical and nursing students. Methods: It was a cross sectional observational study. The study population consists of 519 medical and nursing students of UPUMS Saifai, Etawah. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used for data collection. General information and anthropometric measurements of the subjects were done for BMI, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio. Observations: The study population comprised of 338 medical students (201 males, 137 females) and 181 nursing students (77 males, 104 females). According to BMI, 22.8% of the medical students were overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m2 ) and 1.48% were obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ). On the other hand, 16.0% of the nursing students were underweight having BMI<normal and 16.6% had overweight while 2.2% were obese. Considering waist circumference, 1.49% of male medical students and 8.76% of female medical students were obese. While in nursing students, no males were obese and 0.97% females were obese. Considering waist hip ratio, only 2% of male medical students and 31.4% of the females had waist hip ratio higher than normal. While in nursing students, the entire male had normal waist hip ratio and 17.5% nursing female students had waist hip ratio more than 0.85. Conclusion: Medical & nursing students have higher deposition of fat making them more vulnerable to comorbidities of overweight and obesity.
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Anamika Singh, Nupur Gupta, NP Singh, PK Jain, Peeyush Kariwala, Vidya Rani
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