Adherence to healthy dietary habit and physical activity among medical students in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Medical students has high knowledge about healthy lifestyle but when come into practice their adherence is poor. Many studies reported unhealthy dietary habit and physical activity among medical students. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted over a period of one month (November 2016).100 students were participated. A pre-designed questionnaire was administered to collect data. Dietary habit were assessed using the Dietary Quality Score. The physical activity were assessed using Madras Diabetic Research Foundation Physical Activity Questionnaire (MPAQ).BMI was calculated according to WHO guidelines. Results: It was observed that majority of students had unhealthy dietary habit (45%) and among them 46.7% were overweight and 44.4% were obese. Similarly sedentary physical activity (43%) had majority students with overweight (52.5%) and obese (71.4%) with significant p value < 0.0001. Prevalence of overweight and obese among both genders who followed unhealthy dietary habits and physical activity were found to be similar. Conclusions: Unhealthy dietary habit and sedentary physical activity is more prevalent among medical students. Health related program should be conducted at regular interval and motivation should be given to practice healthy lifestyle to overcome overweight and obesity.
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Sankar Kalairajan, Rakesh Kumar, Senthil Kumar
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