Study to Assess the Prevalence of Obesity among Rural and Urban School Children in Selected Schools, Uttarakhand
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
A study was conducted to assess the prevalence of obesity among rural and urban Children of selected schools. The sample of this study comprise of 50 Children from rural and 50 Children from urban . Collected data was analyzed by using Descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that, in rural mean & SD value for Height, Weight & BMI was 142.28 & 7.21, 36.82 & 7.98, 18.35 & 3.18 respectively. In Urban mean & SD value for Height, Weight & BMI was 128.68 & 9.52, 44.08 & 6.50, 25.80 & 3.82 respectively. The result revealed that, the prevalence of obesity is higher in urban school children than the rural school children. The study also shows that there is association with selected variables. So it shows that hypothesis H2 was accepted.
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Thamarai Selvi P.
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- EP ID EP490698
- DOI 10.21088/ijsn.2277.467X.6317.5
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