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International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: The growing prevalence of obesity among school adolescents is a major public health c... more Background: The growing prevalence of obesity among school adolescents is a major public health concern. It can be seen mostly as a result of modifiable risk factors like lack of required physical activity and rapid change in dietary habits among them.Methods: The present cross sectional descriptive study was done among adolescents studying in schools (government and private) of Bhopal city. School adolescents were classified as obese and non-obese as per the WHO criteria used for obesity in South East Asia Region (SEAR). Pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data which comprised of socio demographic information and various dietary habits like frequent consumption of fast…
Now-a-days, fast food culture is an emerging trend among younger generation. The ready availabili... more Now-a-days, fast food culture is an emerging trend among younger generation. The ready availability of fast food, its taste, marketing strategies and peer pressure make them popular, but this trend has worse effect on adolescent often more than adults in terms of being obese due to increased vulnerability. 6,7 Apart from this, some dietary patterns appear quite common among adolescents like snacking on energy dense foods, meal skipping, particularly breakfast and low consumption of fruits and vegetables. 8,9 In Indian families, there is already a tendency of consuming food rich in oil means fried food due to its more palatability. Therefore, these faulty dietary habits hamper the ABSTRACT Background: The growing prevalence of obesity among school adolescents is a major public health concern. It can be seen mostly as a result of modifiable risk factors like lack of required physical activity and rapid change in dietary habits among them. Methods: The present cross sectional descriptive study was done among adolescents studying in schools (government and private) of Bhopal city. School adolescents were classified as obese and non-obese as per the WHO criteria used for obesity in South East Asia Region (SEAR). Pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data which comprised of socio demographic information and various dietary habits like frequent consumption of fast & fried food, bakery products and little dietary behavior. Results: Out of total 6.6% obese school adolescents, majority of them consume fast foods (82%), fried foods (89%) and bakery products (79.5%) and all of these were positively associated with increased risk of obesity. Few eating behaviours like skipping breakfast, frequent snacking and eating outside were also found positively associated. Conclusions: There is definitely a major role of dietary habits for increased risk of obesity among school adolescents. So, it is the need of hour to create awareness among school adolescents regarding their dietary habits.
National Journal of Community Medicine
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
Background: The growing prevalence of obesity among school adolescents is a major public health c... more Background: The growing prevalence of obesity among school adolescents is a major public health concern. It can be seen mostly as a result of modifiable risk factors like lack of required physical activity and rapid change in dietary habits among them.Methods: The present cross sectional descriptive study was done among adolescents studying in schools (government and private) of Bhopal city. School adolescents were classified as obese and non-obese as per the WHO criteria used for obesity in South East Asia Region (SEAR). Pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data which comprised of socio demographic information and various dietary habits like frequent consumption of fast…
Now-a-days, fast food culture is an emerging trend among younger generation. The ready availabili... more Now-a-days, fast food culture is an emerging trend among younger generation. The ready availability of fast food, its taste, marketing strategies and peer pressure make them popular, but this trend has worse effect on adolescent often more than adults in terms of being obese due to increased vulnerability. 6,7 Apart from this, some dietary patterns appear quite common among adolescents like snacking on energy dense foods, meal skipping, particularly breakfast and low consumption of fruits and vegetables. 8,9 In Indian families, there is already a tendency of consuming food rich in oil means fried food due to its more palatability. Therefore, these faulty dietary habits hamper the ABSTRACT Background: The growing prevalence of obesity among school adolescents is a major public health concern. It can be seen mostly as a result of modifiable risk factors like lack of required physical activity and rapid change in dietary habits among them. Methods: The present cross sectional descriptive study was done among adolescents studying in schools (government and private) of Bhopal city. School adolescents were classified as obese and non-obese as per the WHO criteria used for obesity in South East Asia Region (SEAR). Pre-tested, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data which comprised of socio demographic information and various dietary habits like frequent consumption of fast & fried food, bakery products and little dietary behavior. Results: Out of total 6.6% obese school adolescents, majority of them consume fast foods (82%), fried foods (89%) and bakery products (79.5%) and all of these were positively associated with increased risk of obesity. Few eating behaviours like skipping breakfast, frequent snacking and eating outside were also found positively associated. Conclusions: There is definitely a major role of dietary habits for increased risk of obesity among school adolescents. So, it is the need of hour to create awareness among school adolescents regarding their dietary habits.
National Journal of Community Medicine