Determinants of overweight and obesity among selected school going children in Tumkur (tier 2) city, Karnataka, India
| Autor: | Krishna Iyengar, Ashok Jayaram, Imtiaz Ahmed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 4:256 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6040 2394-6032 |
| DOI: | 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20164749 |
| Popis: | Background: The World Health Organization has described obesity as one of today's most neglected public health problems. Obesity in children appears to increase the risk of subsequent morbidity (like sleep apnea, NIDDM, Gallbladder disease, Dyslipidemia, Insulin resistance etc.), whether or not obesity persists into adulthood.1 In developing countries such as India, especially in urban populations, childhood obesity is emerging as a major health problem nearly 8 to 23 percent children are obese and overweight by various study. Aims and Objectives: To assess the determinants of overweight and obesity in selected government, aided and unaided schools of Tumkur city.Methods: A cross sectional study was done with 2207 students, aged 10-16 years from 10 schools in Tumkur (tier-2) City. Recommended cut-off points for Indian children (IAP Classification 2012) were utilized to assess overweight and obesity.2 Out of 2207 students 290 were found to be overweight and obese. Twice their number i.e., 580 normal BMI students of same age and gender were selected randomly as controls to study the determinants of overweight and obesity.Results: Prevalence of childhood overweight was 7.02% and obesity was 6.12% respectively. Children of higher educated family found to be more overweight and obese. High socio-economic group children had higher prevalence of obesity than low socio-economic group. Snacking habit and eating of junk food promoted the obesity. Increased hours of schooling lack of physical activity, tuition classes, more homework, TV watching, use of computers and playing video games contributed to sedentary lifestyle, which triggered the onset of obesity among children.Conclusions: Overall prevalence of overweight and obesity among school going children was 13.14%. It was more in boys (13.24%) than girls (13.04%), respectively. The higher prevalence of overweight in school children of Tumkur may be attributed to their eating habits, as well as to their lack of awareness on proper eating habits. Education of parents had a direct relationship to childhood obesity. In addition, low involvement in physical activities may also have influenced the rate of overweight and obesity. |
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