Article: Overweight and obesity among the adolescent school students in Belgaum city
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gurung, Tika Ram | |
| dc.contributor.author | Neginhal, Vijayalaxmi Shivanand | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | SANN Institute of Nursing, Purbanchal University. | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Nobel College, Pokhara University. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-10-08T05:40:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-10-08T05:40:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract Introduction: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines obesity as a ‘global epidemic’. An overweight adolescent has a 70 % chance of becoming obese. Overweight and obese adolescents are at higher risk for developing long-term chronic diseases. So the present study objective is to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescent school students Methods: A sample size of 300 adolescent students was taken to do a cross-sectional study. Body weight and height were recorded and BMI was categorized based on age-and sex-specific cut-off values as per IOTF reference growth charts. Proportions of obese, overweight and underweight children were calculated and subjected to chi-square and logistic regression tests at the p < 0.05 significance level. Results: The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity in the present study were 12 % and 3.3% respectively. The highest prevalence was among those aged 15 years i.e. 36.7%. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher among the subject who did not practice physical activity and whose family income was more than 10,000 per month. Conclusions: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents student in Belgaum city was high which is statistically associated with less physically activity and monthly income of parent. Keywords: Body mass index; Life style; Overweight and obesity. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.1876 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/8033 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | Body mass index | |
| dc.subject | Life style | |
| dc.subject | Overweight and obesity | |
| dc.title | Overweight and obesity among the adolescent school students in Belgaum city | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 795 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 791 | |
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