1Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
2Junior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
3Asst Prof, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
*Corresponding Author: Dr Sushil Kumar Singh Junior Resident Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh Mobile: 9412823176 Email: singhkr.sushil@gmail.com
Online published on 21 July, 2018.
Stress is not a mental disorder itself but rather an early sign & symptom of under lying psychological condition. Not all stress is bad. Some amount of stress is necessary for optimal functioning; However chronic stress can lead to metabolic dysfunction. Stress has been linked to inappropriate eating, overweight, obesity for a long time. However it is not clear whether the stress causes metabolic dysfunction or itself is an effect of metabolic dysfunction.
A community based Cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the prevalence of stress among the young 18-40yrs of urban population and its association with overweight, obesity. 150 study subjects, aged 18 to 40 years of both sexes were recruited using simple random sampling. Data was collected using WHO's STEPS criteria and using modified close ended questionnaire. Pearson's Chi-square test & Fisher's exact test was applied for finding the statistical association.
Overall prevalence of psychological stress was high. As much as 28.4% of males & 24.2% of females were having “severe stress” and 60.2% males & 64.5% females were having “moderate stress”, whereas the prevalence of obesity was 38.6% in males & 45.2% in females. But the association between stress & obesity was not statistically significant.
The prevalence of both ‘psychological stress’ & ‘obesity’ was high among the study participants. However, the association was not statistically significant
Psychological stress, Obesity, overweight, BMI
