Socio-Economic, Demographic and Lifestyle Determinants of Overweight and Obesity among Adults of Northeast India

Rengma, Melody Seb; Sen, Jaydip; Mondal, Nitish

doi:10.4314/ejhs.v25i3.2

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“…A lower prevalence of obesity has been reported than the present study among the Bengalee 13 and Kayastha 32 populations. In contrast, the prevalence of overweight was significantly higher than those reported for Indian 33 , Rengma Naga 16 and Nyishi tribal 8 women. The prevalence of obesity was observed to be significantly higher than those reported from Tangkul Naga 11 and Nyishi tribal 8 women.…”

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“…[28][29][30] Studies reported that the prevalence of gender specific overweight and obesity was observed to be higher among women than men in India. 11,13,14,16,20 The general population trend has shown that the prevalence of overweight and obesity increased slightly over the past decade in the country, but the prevalence rate has increased in urban and in high-socio-economic groups. 5 Therefore, overweight-obesity is becoming a major public health challenge for the healthcare providers and certainly contributes to an ill-health condition in the foreseeable future for the nation.…”

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“…This schedule has been validated in an earlier community-based cross-sectional study among adult individuals belonging to the Rengma population of Assam, Northeast India. 16 Individuals who consumed alcohol least once in a week comprised the alcohol-consumed category. The tobacco-used group comprised of those who had a daily habit of tobacco chewing or smoking.…”

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“…[3][4][5][6][11][12][13][14] On the other hand, few studies reported the effects of different socio-economic, demographic and lifestyle factors related to overweight and obesity among Indian populations. 3,4,11,13,15,16 Therefore, there appears to be a need to study the possible association of socio-economic and demographic factors affecting the excess adiposity patterns among individuals. The identification of potential risk factors(s) for excess adiposity is a very challenging task for any researcher focused on population-specific investigations.…”

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“…18 In this method, the anticipated population proportion of 50%, absolute precision of 5% and confidence interval of 95% were taken into consideration. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Indian adult women as reported by Sen et al 13 , Rengma et al 16 , Asthana et al 19 and Bhadra et al 20 were kept in mind while calculating the minimum sample size. This prevalence was observed to be up to 50% in these aforementioned studies.…”

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Socio-Economic and Demographic Correlates of Overweight and Obesity: A Study on the Karbi Women of Assam, Northeast India

Mondal¹,

Timungpi²,

Sen³

et al. 2017

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CitationMondal N, Timungpi R, Sen J, Bose K. Socio-economic and demographic correlates of overweight and obesity: A study on the Research ABSTRACTBackground: Excess adiposity is a chronic condition that contributes to non-communicable disease (NCD) related morbidities, mortalities and causes public health problems. Objectives: The objectives of the present community based cross-sectional study were to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its socio-economic and demographic concomitants among a group of Karbi women of Assam, Northeast India. Material and Methods: The study was carried out among 600 Karbi married women aged 20-49 years in Karbi-Anglong district of Assam, Northeast India. Height and weight were recorded and body mass index (BMI= weight (kg)/ height 2 (m

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Socio-Economic and Demographic Correlates of Overweight and Obesity: A Study on the Karbi Women of Assam, Northeast India

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Sen³

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Change in nutritional status among women of childbearing age in India (1998–2016)

Yaya

Bishwajit

2020

Obesity Science & Practice

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Introduction: In absolute numbers, India has more undernourished people than all the countries in sub-Saharan Africa combined. In parallel with the high rates of hunger and undernutrition, the country has been undergoing rapid demographic and dietary transition marked by an increased prevalence of overweight/obesity, particularly among women. Objective: To measure the changing prevalence of overnutrition during last two decades, as well as to identify the associated sociodemographic correlates among pregnant and non-pregnant women in India. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study based on data from the latest round of National Family Health Survey (2015-2016) conducted among urban and rural women. Participants were 687,876 women (655,850 non-pregnant and 32,026 pregnant) aged between 15 and 49 years. Nutritional status was assessed in terms of body mass index (BMI) using the cutoff for Asian population. Results: Since 1998-1999, the prevalence of underweight has decreased by 9.2%, while that of overweight (BMI = 23-27.4 kg/m 2) and obesity (BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m 2) has increased by 6.7% and 3.4%, respectively. Results of multivariable regression analysis revealed significant association between nutritional status and age, parity residency, educational level, religious affiliation, household wealth quintile, and TV watching behaviour. Of those, age and wealth status appeared to be the strongest predictors among both pregnant and non-pregnant women. Conclusion: Since 1998, there has been a considerable drop in the prevalence of underweight and rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Significant sociodemographic variations exist in nutritional status, notably age and financial situation, which should be highlighted in national nutrition policymaking and intervention programmes.

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Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Impact of Resveratrol as a Therapeutic

Louis

Krishnan

Wigle

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Biochemistry of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Obesity

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Socio-Economic, Demographic and Lifestyle Determinants of Overweight and Obesity among Adults of Northeast India

Cited by 37 publications

References 44 publications

Socio-Economic and Demographic Correlates of Overweight and Obesity: A Study on the Karbi Women of Assam, Northeast India

Socio-Economic and Demographic Correlates of Overweight and Obesity: A Study on the Karbi Women of Assam, Northeast India

Change in nutritional status among women of childbearing age in India (1998–2016)

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Impact of Resveratrol as a Therapeutic

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