Prevalence of Obesity Among Females Above 18 Years of Block Hazratbal, Srinagar: A Cross Sectional Study
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
The study was done with the objective to determine the magnitude of obesity in the women above 18 years in block Hazratbal. It was a community based cross sectional descriptive study done over a period of one year from July 2010 – June 2011.10% of the villages were selected randomly from four zones .All the house hold of selected villages were surveyed .Further, all the non pregnant females older than 18 years were subjected to height and weight measurements after taking informed consent .The sample size came out to be 2267 females. The BMI (Body Mass Index) was calculated as per “WHO” classification. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to record demographic characteristics. Categorical data was summarized in the form of percentages and continuous data in the form of mean and standard deviation. Chi square test was used for evaluating statistical significance and p value <0.05 was considered significant. The overall prevalence of obesity was 9.4%.Maximum prevalence of obesity was observed in 51-60 years of age group.It was more in urban(11.3 %) area. Maximum percentage was found among widows (13.3%).Retired group among occupation had preponderant obesity ( 25%).Females in joint families were significantly obese(11.2%).Obesity was more in females belonging to socioeconomic class1(15.2%) and class 2(12.0%).
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Dr Syed Ghazala Nazki
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