Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2017

A STUDY OF PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN URBAN SCHOOL CHILDREN

Dr. Y. Ajitha

Abstract :

 Objective :

1.      To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in urban school children, including boys and girls aged between 9 to 15 years.

2.      To determine the relationship between BMI and waist circumference.

3.      To study the interrelation between overweight and obesity

·         Eating habits

·         Physical activity

·         Psychological performance

·         Scholastic performance

Design : Survey of equal no. of students from a well reputed private school and a government school in Hyderabad, India.

Setting : Ravindra Bharati English Medium School, A.S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad.  

                   Zilla parishad  Elementary and High School, Kushaiguda,ECIL, Hyderabad.   

Subjects : 440 boys and 460 girls, all aged between 9–15 years.

Main Outcome Measures : Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference.

Conclusions : 

1.      Overall prevalence of overweight in urban school children was 16%.

2.      Overall prevalence of obesity in urban school children was 7%.

The variables of study namely eating habits, physical exercise, depression and scholastic                               performance showed similar distribution with overweight in terms of BMI and waist circumference

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Dr.Y.Ajitha, A STUDY OF PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN URBAN SCHOOL CHILDREN, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-10 | October-2017

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