1Assistant Professor, Medical Sociology, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
2Assistant Professor, Statistics, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
3Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
4Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
Online published on 13 July, 2015.
In recent years obesity has become very common health concern worldwide. Types of food intake, lack of exercise, psychological depression due to study burden, discrepancies between expectation and reality all can be anticipated in bring psychological stress. The purpose of the study was to assess life style related risk factors for obesity and hypertension among respondents.
Current study was a cross-sectional study, conducted among 168 randomly selected people. The Study Period was from May 2015 to June 2015. A Pre-designed and Pre-tested questionnaire related to life style factors was used. The Data thus collected was entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed further using SPSS-version 21.
In this study, consumption of non-vegetarian diet, fast food, smoking & tobacco chewing and consumption of alcohol were seen and these risk factors are significantly associated with overweight/obese and hypertension among Muslim people
Muslim people were not much conscious to make extra efforts to choose a healthier lifestyle. Healthy lifestyles among people are even more important.
Muslim population, Lifestyle, Fast food consumption, Addictions, Physical activity
