Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2017

STUDY OF OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN

Dr. Pooja Damani, Dr. Ruhi Hathidara

Abstract :

 Obesity  and  overweight  is  a  rapidly  growing  threat  to  the  health  of  the  society.  Obesity  is  a  single  marker  of   the  child  at  risk  for  development  of  various  non-communicable diseases  later  in  life,  it has  been  called   “New  World Syndrome”.  AIMS  AND  OBJECTIVES: To  study  common  risk factor for obesity and prevalence of obesity  and  its  relation  to  socioeconomic  status. METHODS: It  is  a  cross  sectional  study  including  all  the  present  children  between  9  to  12 years  of  age.  Case  control  study  for  the  risk  factors  of obesity. Two  school  one  private  and  one  municipal corporation  were  selected  in  Ahmedabad  city.  Total  1364 students  were  present  on  the  day  of  survey.  NCHS  guidelines   were  used.  DISCUSSION:  Prevalence  of overweight  is   8.57%  and  obesity  is  4.98%.  Most  common risk  factor  includes  sedentary  life  style,  high  fat  and  energy dense  food,  urbanization . CONCLUSION:  Total  prevalence  of the  obesity  is  13.55%  as  mentioned  previously.  Prevalence of  obesity  is  higher  in  private  than  in  municipal  school which  suggest  children  of  higher  socio  economic  status  are more  prone  to  develop  obesity.

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STUDY OF OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN, Dr. Pooja Damani, Dr. Ruhi Hathidara GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6 | Issue-3 | March-2017

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