1PG Student, Department of Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Karnataka
2Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Karnataka
3Professor & HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Karnataka
*Corresponding Author: Email: drganesh.2011@gmail.com
Online published on 28 July, 2016.
Obesity is a complex condition with serious social and psychological dimensions, that affects virtually all age and socioeconomic groups and threatens to overwhelm both developed and developing countries. This problem is increasing in adolescents and various factors contribute to it.
A cross sectional study was conducted among adolescents studying in high school. Totally1718 study subjects were included for the study. Relevant information was collected by self-administered proforma. Body mass index was used to find obesity
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among adoloscents was 19.2%. The prevalence of overweight alone is 12.4% and obesity is 6.8%. Modifiable dietary factors are significantly associated with overweight/obesity.
There is significant association between consumption of sweets, egg, meat, and snacks and prevalence of overweight/obesity
Overweight, Obesity, Body Mass Index
