Prevalence of overweight and obesity in grade five students in schools of  Gampaha medical officer of health area

Perera, Upuli; Abeysena, Chrishantha

doi:10.4038/jccpsl.v19i2.7576

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“…Regular attendance of after school private classes, playing video games and sleeping in the daytime were the other risk factors identified. A similar pattern of behaviour was observed in a previous study 10 .…”

Section: Sedentary Behaviour and Screen Timesupporting

confidence: 90%

Childhood obesity: Socio-cultural determinants

Wickramasinghe

2018

Sri Lanka J Child Health

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The author declares that there are no conflicts of interest Personal funding was used for the project. Open Access Article published under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY License Department at the North Colombo Medical College and was the Founder Professor. After an illustrious career, on the 12 th of April 2012, at the age of 93, she closed her eyes forever, leaving behind a legacy of work and a galaxy of medical trainees to serve this country and carry the flame she lit. Although I had never met this great personality, it gives me great pleasure to stand here in all humility to deliver the fifth Dr. Stella de Silva Memorial Oration to this august audience on this morning of the 15 th of December 2017.

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Section: Sedentary Behaviour and Screen Timesupporting

confidence: 90%

Childhood obesity: Socio-cultural determinants

Wickramasinghe

2018

Sri Lanka J Child Health

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“…It suggests that the male Purana population lifestyle facilitates the reduction of overweight and obesity more than in the male urban population. However, our findings show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the Purana population (Obesity 18.92% and overweight (7).…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Indigenous (Vadda) population in rural areas and a new generation of Vadda people in urban areas and other urban populations residing in different major cities of Sri Lanka on obesity and malnutrition, it was reported that obesity and diabetes were substantially less common among Vadda people than in the rest of the country and a third of this population has a BMI of less than 18.5 kgm 2 (6). According to a study conducted in Sri Lanka between 2013 and 2014, the high prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in working-age males are a dangerous indicator for the country (7).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Assessment of overweight, obesity and malnutrition status of <em>Purana</em> (old) population residing in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Chandimal,

Kumara,

Yasawardene

2023

Sri Lanka Anat. Jnl

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Objective: The "Purana" population in Sri Lanka, a genetically distinct group with origins in the Sinhalese Kings of the 5th century A.D, lives near the Sigiriya Bolder Garden complex. Limited evidence exists on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among this population. This investigation aims to study the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult "Purana" individuals. Methods: Purana villagers in Talkote, Pidurangala, Diyakepilla, and Nagalaweva, near the Sigiriya Bolder Garden complex were selected for the study and 107 men and 199 women were recruited to the study based on ancestry, with Purana pedigrees traced back at least three generations. Informed consent was obtained from participants. A single observer recorded height, weight, and mid-waist circumference measurements of selected individuals. Each measurement was repeated three times and the mean values were taken. BMI values were calculated and obesity, overweight, malnutrition of each individual was determined by using calculated BMI and waist circumference based on global and South Asian cutoff values. Results: 33.6%, 55.1%, 9.3% and 1.9% of the male adult population was underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese respectively concerning global BMI cutoffs. 33.6%, 43%, 20.6% and 2.8% of male adult population was underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese respectively concerning Asian BMI cutoffs. 17.6%, 62.3%, 17.6% and 2.5% of female adult population was underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese respectively concerning global BMI cutoffs. 17.6%, 49.7%, 24.1% and 8.5% of female adult population was underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese respectively according to Asian BMI cutoffs. 28% of males were obese while 47.2% of females were obese with reference to waist measurements. Conclusions: In comparison to the urban populations in Sri Lanka, the male and female Purana inhabitants of Sigiriya showed a low prevalence of overweight and obesity.

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“…If the students were overweight, the next immediate student was considered for Perera U & Abeysena C. JCCPSL 2017, 23 (1) Open Access sampling. A detailed sampling technique is published elsewhere (15).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%