Health and Nutritional Profile of School going Adolescents in Surat city
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
[b]Abstract:[/b] Background:As the health remains a neglected issue in majority of times by school going adolescents and the data on prevalence of childhood obesity and blood pressure fromIndia are scanty. [b]Objective:[/b] Present study was undertaken with the first objective to assess the nutritional status of school going adolescents by anthropometric measurements and to correlate their health status with their nutritional status. The second objective was to measure their blood pressure to look for the prevalence of hypertension among them. [b]Methodology:[/b] A cross sectional study was carried out which included anthropometric and blood pressure measurements among school going adolescents. [b]Data entry and analysis :[/b] Data was entered in Microsoft excel and analysis was done by using EPI 6 software. [b]Results:[/b] In all, 203 students from standard 7 th to 12 th in the age group of 11 to 17 years were examined. Out of total 203 students examined, 122 (60%) were boys and 81(40%) were girls. Out of total 203 children 105 (51%) were underweight, 10(5%) were overweight. It was found that 16 children (7.88%) were having hypertension. [b]Recommendation:[/b] There is a need to screen the school adolescents for parameters of overweight/obesity and hypertension, symptomatic or otherwise.
Authors and Affiliations
Binita Desai, Priti Solanky, R Baxi, Rakesh Bansal
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