Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2018
Prevalence of obesity among residents of Class IV employees‘ quarters of a tertiary care hospital.
Gayatri Birwadkar, Dr. Amandeep Kaur Ratta
Abstract :
Background
Trends are changing. People belonging to low socioeconomic status are also at equal risk of obesity and its consequences.
Objective
To determine prevalence of obesity among residents of Class IV employees’ quarters of a tertiary care hospital.
Materials & method
This cross sectional study carried out in tertiary care hospital among IV th class workers. A semi–structured questionnaire was used to collect the information regarding the socio demographic profile of the participants. Body mass index & waist hip ratio also calculated in study participants.
Results
Maximum 74 (49.33%) of the study participants belonged to upper lower socioeconomic class, (91.33%) of the study participants were Hindu by religion, 83.33% of the study participants were married & 40% study subjects were having high body mass index.
Conclusion
Most of the workers belong to upper lower socioeconomic class & around 40% workers having high body mass index.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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Gayatri Birwadkar, Dr. Amandeep Kaur Ratta, Prevalence of obesity among residents of Class IV employees‘ quarters of a tertiary care hospital., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2018
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Gayatri Birwadkar, Dr. Amandeep Kaur Ratta, Prevalence of obesity among residents of Class IV employees‘ quarters of a tertiary care hospital., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2018
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