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Background: Adolescence (10-19 year) is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. The factor that determines how adolescents feel about themselves is ‘Body image’. The objective of study is to understand body weight perception of adolescents.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the two Pre- University colleges with a sample of 330 adolescents. Pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire was used to elicit the required information.Results: 13 % of study participants underestimated their body weight and 11.2 % over estimated their body weight. 82.7% of study subjects perceived themselves as normal weight for their age and height, 7.6% perceived as underweight and 9.7% perceived as overweight/obese.Conclusion: Inappropriate perceptions about body weight leads to increase in the problems related to overweight/obesity. Lack of knowledge about and access to growth charts has probably made difficult for adolescents to evaluate their weight status objectively. So, college can play an effective role to help them to know actual body weightNepal Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.3(2) 2014: 106-109

BACKGROUND Age of menarche is showing a declining trend in all parts of the world. The reasons for this decline is proposed to be related to improvement in nutritional status, environmental factors, heredity, and body mass index. Weight at birth of the child has also been considered to influence the onset of menarche. The aim of the study is to identify whether birth weight influenced the age of menarche in girls.

Background and Objectives: Obesity, a key risk factor for the chronic and non-communicable disease, has become a serious public health concern in both developed and developing countries. Overweight/obesity is the underlying cause of death for 2.8 million people each year. It is the fifth leading cause of risk for death. The objectives of study are to know the prevalence of obesity and factors associated with Obesity. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the two Pre-University colleges with a sample of 330 adolescents of Belgaum city, Karnataka. Pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire was used to elicit the required information. Height and weight was measured and Body Mass Index was calculated. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was observed to be 9.1% and 5.1% respectively. Out of 330 study participants 53.9% were girls and rest were boys. Overweight/obesity was significantly associated with family history of DM, HTN and overweight/obesity, diet habit, habit of taking junk foods, doing one or the other activity while eating, not doing regular physical exercise and not participating in outdoor games. Conclusion: Adopting the healthy lifestyles, food habits and regular physical exercise can reduce the risk of becoming overweight and obese. There is need to educate the school children regarding nutrition and physical activity to promote their health.