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Background:Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are the behavioural risks, closely associated with obesity which is a metabolic risk leading to the development of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Dietary transition and sedentary living is also significant even in rural India which might be accountable to uprising NCDs there. So the aim of our study was to assess dietary pattern and unhealthy dietary factors, to determine the prevalence of physical inactivity among obese bengalee women in rural and urban areas of West BengalMethods:This study was conducted in Hooghly district of West Bengal, India and 150 female subjects (75 from rural area and 75 from urban area) of 20-40 years age group were recruited for the study considering inclusion and exclusion criteria. Different physical and socio-demographic variables were measured and dietary information was collected using questionnaire. Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) was used to collect information about physical activities of the study participants. Different anthropometric parameters (body weight, height, Body Mass Index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], hip circumference [HC], waist to hip ratio [WHR] and waist to height ratio [WHtR]) were measures as the strong prediction tools for assessing their risks related to NCDs.Results:We found that most of the daily energy comes from carbohydrate in the diet of both groups, consumption of food groups like animal protein and dairy products, fruits, visible fat and sugar were significantly higher in urban group whereas dietary fibre, green leafy and other vegetables, pulses and nuts intake was significantly high in rural group. Physical inactivity prevalence was 64% in rural and 78.7% in urban and there was significant difference between rural and urban group regard to all the anthropometric indices.Conclusions:In summary, the behavioural risk factors those were assessed are undoubtedly apprehensive and anthropometric indices are pointing out towards associated possible metabolic risks which were poorer in urban group than rural, so further clinical investigation along with proper intervention measure is indispensible. |
