1Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Rajashree Medical College, Barrelly (UP)
2Associate Professor. Department of Anatomy, AIMS, B G Nagar, Mandya (Karnataka)
*Corresponding author: Dr. Vishuddha Mohan Kaushal MBBS. MD Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Rajashree Medical College, Barrelly (UP), E mail ID- vmkaushal9999@gmail.com Cell no-+919810940872
Online published on 29 May, 2018.
92 male and 80 female patients of obesity were studied. BMI of males was 26 to 30, and in female BMI was 28 to 30. In males 62 (67.3%) and 48 (60%), females were without HTN, in male 30 (32.6%) and 32 (40%) female were with HTN. In males 18(9.5%) were leading sedentary life, 35(38%) were alcoholic 17(18.4%) were smokers, 22(23.9%) were tobacco chewers. In females 38(47.5%) were leading sedentary life, 19(23.7%) were alcoholic 23(28.7%) were tobacco chewers this study urban slum dwells suffering with dual problems of obesity and HTN will certainly help the community medical people to create awareness regarding. risk factors caused by obesity and HTN. As the consequence of risk factors are fatal and cannot be affordable by slum dwellers because of low profile of socio-economic status and Income, moreover slum dwellers work around the clock at the expense of their health which leads to stress and strain, untimely taking food and sleep which are the root cause of HTN and obesity.
HTN =Hypertension, UP= Uttar Pradesh, BP = Blood pressure, obesity
