Obesity among Reproductive Age Women in Rural Kerala: A Hidden Threat
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: Obesity is the most prevalent form of malnutrition. Ac-cording to National Family Health Survey-3, Kerala ranks second among Indian states next to Punjab for overweight or obese. The re-search was conducted to study the prevalence of obesity among repro-ductive age women and its associa-tion with socio-demographic varia-bles. Methodology: It was a cross sec-tional study. A sample of 650 re-productive age women (15-49 yrs) was selected through Cluster sam-pling method. Results: Mean age of the study pop-ulation was 33.47 yrs with Standard Deviation (SD) of 8.11yrs. The prev-alence of obesity based on BMI WHO classification for adult Asians was 47.5%.Factors like age, family history, type of physical activity, walking hours, menstrual pattern and number of children were signif-icantly associated with obesity. Conclusions: Obesity is a major nu-tritional problem among reproduc-tive age women in Kerala. Higher prevalence of obesity was seen among higher age group, low socio-economic group, housewives. Men-strual irregularities, normal delivery and higher parity were significantly associated with obesity.
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Parameshwari Prahlad, Ramesh H
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