Obesity is increasing at an alarming rate throughout the world and has become a global problem. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared overweight as one of the top 10 health risks in the world and one of the top five in developed nations (WHO, 2002) In many developing countries, with increasing urbanization, mechanization of jobs and transportation, availability of processed and fast foods, and dependence on television for leisure, people are fast adopting less physically active lifestyles and consuming more “energy-dense, nutrient-poor” diets .The objective of the study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight issues and obesity by recording the body mass index (BMI) and explore the dietary habits, physical activities (PAs), and lifestyles of females between 20-40 years of age. Questionnaire was used in this study for data collection about general information, body mass index, dietary habits and Lifestyle of 20 female subjects. It was observed that 3 females were underweight, 9 were normal weight and 8 were overweight and obese. From the results of the study, we can conclude that the incidence of being overweight and obese is increasing .The awareness about Physical activities healthy diet/lifestyle, and consequences of overweight and obesity on their health and profession must be increased among the young females to avoid future complications. Key words: Body Mass index, lifestyle, dietary habits, Physical activity
Background: Enteric Fever is the most infectious disease on global scale and endemic in all parts of India. In a developing country like India laboratory diagnosis of enteric fever relies heavily on serological tests such as widal test. Knowledge of prevalent endemic titre in a region needs to be periodically updated to interpret the significance of the titre as to patient is indeed suffering from enteric fever or not. The present study has been undertaken to evaluate the baseline antibody titre for O, H antigens of Salmonella Enterica, serovar Typhi and AH, BH antigen of Salmonella Enterica, serovar Paratyphi among health personnel and general adult population of Ajmer (Rajasthan). Aim and objectives: To evaluate the significant endemic baseline titre of Ajmer city using quantitative Widal test to suggest the cut off value for interpreting a positive widal test. To compare the endemic baseline titre amongst the Health care providers and General Population. Material and methods: A total number of 600 healthy volunteers and 200 medical personnel working in Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer were screened during period of study from 1 st April 2014 to 31 st December 2015. Non repetitive samples were collected from healthy adults aged 18 year to 70 year. Results and conclusions: Out of 600 screened samples for healthy volunteers 61% were males and 39% were females. The frequency of positive results was 43.67%. The agglutinins to S. Typhi were the most prevalent among the sera of various dilutions (33.16% for 'O' antigen and 43.33% for 'H' antigen) which was tested. The levels of agglutinins for Salmonella paratyphi AH and paratyphi BH were low (only 1.16% for AH and 1.83% for BH antigen respectively).Out of 200 samples of health personnel screened 69% were males and 31% were females. The frequency of positive results was 45.5%. The agglutinins to S. Typhi were the most prevalent among the sera of various dilutions (33.16% for 'O' antigen and 44.5% for 'H' antigen) which were tested. The levels of agglutinins for Salmonella paratyphi AH and paratyphi BH were low (only 4.0% for AH and 1.5% for BH antigen respectively). Based on the above results, it has been recommended that cutoff titre of 1:80 for anti-O antibodies and of 1:120 for the anti-H antibodies may be considered as diagnostic for enteric fever in Ajmer region of Rajasthan, India.
The concept of medical marginality operates as a framework to differentiate between medical practice that is sanctioned and regulated by the state (Allopathic medicine or the Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy—(AYUSH) and that which is not regulated by the state. In Indian context, medical systems under the acronym of AYUSH have been given legitimate position and included in the health service sector. By using Hardiman and Mukharji’s concept of ‘medical marginality’ in a different way, the article attempts to study how one system of medicine is marginalised even within the institutionalised framework. It aims to understand the situation of Unani system of medicine with respect to other alternative medicines as enshrined in the concept of AYUSH along with the Allopathic system. In the process of doing so, the present research, through an ethnographic study, takes Unani hospital as a case in point to analyse the position of Unani system of medicine within the larger realm of healthcare.
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