Prevalence of obesity and overweight in schoolgoing adolescents of Surat city, Gujarat, India

Gamit, Sonal Sureshbhai; Moitra, Mohua; Verma, Mamta

doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.0808201415

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“…In Pune, in Western India, the prevalence of overweight in children in the age group 9-16 years was 27.5% for boys and 20.9% for girls [26]. In Surat, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in boys was 12.4 and 8.2%, respectively, and in girls it was 7.2 and 2.7%, respectively [18]. Kapil et al reported the prevalence of obesity in children aged 10-16 years in Delhi to be 8.0% for boys and 6.0% for girls [27].…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Another study from Central India found 3.1% (95% CI 2.5-3.8) of children between 10 and 17 years to be overweight and 1.2% (95% CI 0.8-1.8) to be obese and overall 4.3% were overweight/obese [17]. From Surat, in Western India, Gamit et al reported the prevalence of overweight and obesity to be 10.2 and 6%, respectively [18]. In Kanpur, the prevalence of overweight and obesity were 4 and 2%, respectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Obesity in School Children in India

Sashindran¹,

Dudeja²

2020

Public Health in Developing Countries - Challenges and Opportunities

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The global prevalence of obesity has doubled from 1990 to 2015. Worryingly, the increase is more in children than in adults. In just three decades, the number of school-going children and adolescents with obesity has increased by 10-fold, and the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) reckon that 200 million school children worldwide are either overweight or obese. The prevalence of obesity among 5-to 19-year-old Indian children, ranged between 3.6 and 11.7%. It is predicted that by 2025 there will be 17 million obese children in India. Urbanisation is the single most important factor linked to obesity in India. Epigenetic, dietary, familial, psychosocial, parental education and parental occupation are other important factors. About 50% of obese children will become obese adults. The prevalence of hypertension, type 2 diabetes dyslipidaemia and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children is also increasing parallelly. Prevention of childhood obesity is vital because it is near impossible to get children to lose weight and maintain it. A healthy diet and an active lifestyle should start from the pre-conception time itself and be continued through all stages of childhood. 2 been tried in different countries, and each one of them has important lessons for public health specialists and health policy makers. The WHO's Commission for Ending Childhood Obesity opines that this problem requires, 'a whole-government approach in which policies across all sectors systematically take health into account, avoid harmful health impacts, and thus improve population health and health equity' [4]. The magnitude of the problem, causative factors, complications of childhood obesity and some solutions will be discussed. Prevalence Global prevalenceObesity in school children is today an uncomfortable reality. The global prevalence of obesity has doubled between 1990 and 2015. Worryingly, the rate of increase in obesity in children is higher than that in adults in many countries [5]. Globally, about 10% of school children in the 5-17 age groups are obese or overweight [5]. The prevalence varies from 30% in America to less than 2% in sub-Saharan Africa. In just three decades, the number of school-going children and adolescents with obesity has increased by 10-fold, from 11 million to 124 million (2016 estimates). In addition to this, another 216 million children were estimated to be overweight though not obese in 2016 [6]. The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) reckon that 200 million school children worldwide are either overweight or obese [7]. The problem probably starts early in childhood. A 2010 report estimated that 42 million children under the age of 5 were overweight and of these, 35 million lived in developing countries. While the prevalence of childhood obesity may be plateauing in some developed countries, it is showing a steep rise in developing countries of Asia and Africa. Within Asia, China ha...

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Obesity in School Children in India

Sashindran¹,

Dudeja²

2020

Public Health in Developing Countries - Challenges and Opportunities

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“…[10][11][12] However, studies conducted by Anuradha et al, Nawab et al, and Jain et al reported comparatively higher prevalence ranging from 9.8% to 23.8% and 4.8% to 8.4%, respectively. [13][14][15] In contradiction to that, Vohra et al reported comparatively lower prevalence (4.17% and 0.27%, respectively).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Similar findings were also reported in earlier studies too. [10,11,14,17,20,21] Even a nationwide survey report by the National Institute of Nutrition, India, revealed the prevalence of overweight and obesity significantly higher among adolescent of higher socioeconomic status. [22] This could be attributed to the fact that those belonging to affluent group have more purchasing power and therefore are more habitual toward intake of food items from outside in the form of snacks, junk food, street dishes, etc., having high content of trans-fatty acids.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The findings could be compared with earlier studies leading overall same inference. [7,10,13,22,23] The conclusions drawn were quite a matter of concern, as the more education and affluent status increases the risk of overweight and obesity. This revealed that although the parents are educated but their knowledge in context to hazards of being overweight and their perception regarding same is suboptimal from health point of view.…”

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A study on overweight and obesity among schoolgoing adolescent girls in a district of Northern India

Shukla¹,

Ahmad²,

Singh³

et al. 2018

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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Eating Attitudes, Weight Control Behaviors, Body Image Satisfaction and Depression Level Among Indian Medical and Nursing Undergraduate Students

Poreddi

Thimmaiah

Gandhi

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Community Ment Health J

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This was a cross sectional descriptive study carried out among Medical and Nursing students to assess the presence of eating disorders. Data was collected using self administered 'Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food' (SCOFF) and 'Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)' questionnaires. It was found that 34.1% and 10.4% of the participants were at high risk to suffer from eating disorders on SCOFF and EAT-26 scales. Further, age, gender and education found to have significant association on SCOFF and EAT-26 scores (p < 0.05). Thus, the findings suggest the need for effective interventions to prevent depression and eating disorders among the future health professionals.

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Prevalence of obesity and overweight in schoolgoing adolescents of Surat city, Gujarat, India

Abstract: Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing with the changing lifestyle of families over the past few years.

Cited by 13 publications

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Obesity in School Children in India

Obesity in School Children in India

A study on overweight and obesity among schoolgoing adolescent girls in a district of Northern India

Eating Attitudes, Weight Control Behaviors, Body Image Satisfaction and Depression Level Among Indian Medical and Nursing Undergraduate Students

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