Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

An Assessment of Development of Obesity in Relation to Internet Addiction Disorder among Medical Students

Suchandra Banerjee

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Background: India is a country where 270 million people are below poverty line, yet 30 million of men and women are overweight. Younger generation is falling prey to addictive behaviour to devices & internet addiction has become a major health issue. Objective: This Cross– Sectional study intends to estimate the prevalence of Obesity and Internet Addiction Disorder among Medical Students of Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Varanasi. Materials and Methods: A sample of 100 medical students, selected by Convenience Sampling. Prevalence of Obesity was judged by measurement of BMI and waist circumference. Young’s 20–item Internet Addiction test (IAT), was administered to find out prevalence of Internet addiction among Medicos. Results: This study revealed that 31% students were either overweight or obese, while 85% were addicted to the Internet either mildly, moderately or severely. 80% of the overweight Medicos were also found to be addicted to the Internet. Obesity patterns showed a higher female predisposition (61%) among the medicos identified as obese. Conclusion: The results highlight that not only obesity is a burning problem among Medical students but alsoInternet addiction and dependence is also very high among them.

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Suchandra Banerjee, An Assessment of Development of Obesity in Relation to Internet Addiction Disorder among Medical Students, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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