Prevalence of overweight and obesity among upper primary school children of Sangareddy district: A cross-sectional study
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Obesity in childhood and adolescence has been related to an increase in mortality in adulthood on follow up. Due to difficulty in the treatment of obesity in adults and the many long-term adverse effects of childhood obesity, prevention of childhood obesity has now been recognized as a public health priority. Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among upper primary school children. Material and Methods: The present study was a cross sectional study undertaken to determine prevalence of overweight and obesity in upper primary school children. The study was done in 4 schools, which were selected randomly in an urban area of Sangareddy during study period of June 2014-May 2015. A total sample size of 1150 children studying in class 5th to 7th, from the selected schools were included in the study population. Children having some endocrinal abnormalities associated with obesity were excluded from study. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Medical College. Permission was obtained from the authorities of local school. The questionnaire was pre-tested and validated during the pilot study. The recording of all the anthropometric measurements were done with guidelines issued by the World Health Organization.9 The international cut off points recommended by IOTF(International Obesity Task Force)10for body mass index were used for classifying children as overweight and obese. Data analysis was done with the help of SPSS version 22 Results: The most of the children were from the age group of 11(34.44%) and 12(33.67%) years. Range was 9-14 years. The prevalence of obesity among children was 1.44% and overweight was 8.54%. Conclusion: There is a need to establish effective prevention and health promotion programmes to maintain healthy weights and avoiding complications associated with obesity.
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Sowmithri M L, Kishore Babu Mathi, Akshay Salgar, Nagaiah 4
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