*Corresponding Author E-mail: ry5212@gmail.com
Attention to healthy habits in adolescence has heightened as obesity has become a serious public health problem affecting nearly 25 percentages of children. Concern over adolescent obesity has mounted due to its rapid increase in prevalence, its persistence into adulthood, and its associated health consequences, including morbidity and mortality
1) To assess the level of knowledge regarding health practices to establish a healthy life style among youths in selected PU colleges at Bangalore.2) To assess self-rated practice regarding health practices to establish a healthy life style among youths in selected PU colleges at Bangalore. 3) To find out the correlation between knowledge and self-rated practice regarding health practices to establish a healthy life style among youths in selected PU colleges at Bangalore. 4) To find out the association between knowledge levels regarding health practices to establish a healthy life style with selected demographic variable. 5) To find out the association between self-rated practice regarding health practices to establish a healthy life style with selected demographic variable.
Descriptive survey approach was selected for the study.
Explorative survey was selected for the study.
60 youth aged between 15–20 years.
A purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample for study.
A structured questionnaire and self-rated scale were used to collect data from the subjects.
The obtained data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and interpreted in terms of objectives and hypothesis of the study. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels.
No subjects found with adequate knowledge, However, 73.3% of them held moderate level of knowledge and remaining 26.7% with inadequate knowledge and one in three had poor health practices and 46.6% of the subjects had just satisfactory health practices. More significantly, only 20% of the subjects held good health practice. And none were holding very good practice.
This study shows weak Positive correlation between knowledge and practice from the analysis.
Youths, Knowledge, Health practices
