Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Prevalence and Pattern of pre obesity and obesity in Medical students

Dr. Saurabh Aggarwal, Dr. Ritu Thapliyal, Dr. Lovedeep Saini, Dr. Dorchhom Khrime, Dr. Amit Varma

Abstract :

 

Intro:Obesity is an increase in body weight as the result of excessive accumulation of body fat and occurs when the calorie value of food intake exceeds energy output.

The professional students, including medical students are in a high–risk side when obesity is concerned. This is mainly because medical education is stressful throughout the whole course of training. The amount of material to be absorbed, social isolation, pressure of examination, discrepancies between expectation and reality all can be anticipated to ing psychological stress.

 

Aims and objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the

prevalence of obesity and overweight among medical

students in SGRRIMHS, Dehradun, India.

 

Material and methods:200 students from all batches of M.B.B.S course were selected as a participant in this study, as they were available in the campus during the study period. The data collection was done using a pretested proforma. Tools used for measuring BMI were, a digital weighing machine which could measure least up to 100gms, a caliated height measuring scale which could measure least up to 0.1 cm.

Results: Out of 200 students, we found that underweight students were 3 (1.5%), normal students were 100 (50%), overweight were 64 (32%), pre obese 20(10%) and obese were 13 (6.5%).

Half of the medical students were found to be of normal weight.

The proportion of overweight, preobese and obese is higher among females.

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Dr. Saurabh Aggarwal, Dr. Ritu Thapliyal, Dr. Lovedeep Saini, Dr. Dorchhom Khrime, Dr. Amit Varma, Prevalence and Pattern of pre obesity and obesity in Medical students, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-2 | February-2018

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