The Prevalence of Obesity in Adolescent Age Group of District Hapur U.P. India Agarwal Sonal1,*, Dayachand2, Singh Ranjana3, Singh Hemant Kumar3 13rd Year PG Student, Community Medicine, Sarawathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Anwarpur, Hapur 2Professor, Pediatrics, Sarawathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Anwarpur, Hapur 3Professor, Community Medicine, Sarawathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Anwarpur, Hapur *Corresponding Author: Sonal Agarwal 13rd Year PG Student, Department of Community Medicine, Sarawathi Institute of Medical Sciences, Anwarpur, Hapur Ph0ne.: 9760777197 Email: sagarwal.us@gmail.com
Online published on 3 April, 2018. Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to know the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescent of western U.P. Setting Tertiary care center of Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences Hapur Design Cross sectional prospective study Material and Method This study was conducted at department of Community Medicine and Pediatrics of Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences Hapur between May 2015-April 2016. A total of 505 Adolescent were included in this study. All Anthropometric measurements were taken and compared with WHO growth reference charts. results A total 505 Adolescent were there out of which 255(50.5%) were from rural area and 250(49.5%) were from urban area. The males and females were 258(51%) and 247(49%) respectively. The overall prevalence of obesity was 36(7.1%) as per WHO growth chart. The prevalence of obesity in urban male was higher in early adolescence was 17%,. The prevalence in the same order for urban female was 10.6%, 6% and 6.6%. For rural males and females the prevalence in early, mid and late adolescence was 8.9%, 4.8% and 3.3% and 3.9%, 2.3% and 6.2% respectively. According to the age, the prevalence of obesity for early, mid and late adolescent group was 16%, 4.9% and 6.4% respectively. The prevalence was 5% and 9.2% respectively for rural and urban area respectively. Conclusion The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood and Adolescent will likely have profound implications for future rates of CVD, type 2 DM, mortality and morbidity. Top Keywords Obesity, Overweight, Type 2 DM, Cardiovascular diseases. Top |