Food Habits and Physical Activity among Adolescent Medical Students of a Medical College in Tumkur, Karnataka, India

Autor: Sagar Mk, Viswanatha Pg, Krishna Iyengar, Chandana Krishna
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development.
ISSN: 0976-5506
0976-0245
DOI: 10.37506/ijphrd.v11i6.9766
Popis: Background: Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical, physiological and psychological development from puberty to legal adulthood. Worldwide more than 1.2 billion are adolescents i.e. one in every six persons is an adolescent. About 21% of Indian population is adolescents. The health status of an adolescent determines the health status in his/her adulthood. Healthy dietary habits & physical activity among medical students are even more important as they are future physicians. Objectives: 1. To assess the dietary habits of the study subjects. 2. To assess the physical activity of the study subjects Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the adolescent medical students (
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