PMID- 25657953
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150206
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 2249-4863 (Print)
IS  - 2278-7135 (Electronic)
IS  - 2249-4863 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
DP  - 2014 Oct-Dec
TI  - Prevalence and correlates of overweight/obesity among adolescents in an urban 
      city of north India.
PG  - 404-8
LID - 10.4103/2249-4863.148127 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Obesity and overweight is a growing pandemic affecting 
      millions of adolescents in developed as well as developing countries. Obesity is 
      associated with the onset of major chronic diseases leading to complications and 
      also psychosocial problems in adolescents. The greater concern is that the risks 
      of obesity during childhood will persist into adolescence and adulthood. The 
      objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of being overweight and 
      obesity and to study the associated risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 1900 
      adolescents in the age group of 10-19 years were included in the study. A 
      predesigned and pretested questionnaire which included the variables such as 
      going to school by bus or cycle, eating habits, playing video/computer games or 
      outdoor games and sibling count were recorded. Body weight and height were 
      recorded in subjects for calculating body mass index (BMI). International Obesity 
      Task Force (IOTF) classification was used for the estimation of being overweight 
      and obese. RESULTS: The mean age of the study subjects was 14.84 years (SD = 
      2.81). Mean weight increased from 34.7 to 55.09 kg from the age group 10-13 to 
      17-19 years. Mean height also increased from 1.34 to 1.57 m from the age group 
      10-13 to 17-19 years. Similarly, the mean body mass index was 19.23 at 10-13 
      years, followed by 21.11 at 14-16 years and 22.46 at 17-19 years. On binary 
      logistic regression analysis, female gender, bus as a mode of transport, not 
      playing games, and single sibling were found to have independent association with 
      prevalence of being overweight.
FAU - Rohilla, Ravi
AU  - Rohilla R
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate 
      Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
FAU - Rajput, Meena
AU  - Rajput M
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate 
      Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
FAU - Rohilla, Jyoti
AU  - Rohilla J
AD  - Department of Anatomy, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of 
      Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
FAU - Malik, Manisha
AU  - Malik M
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate 
      Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
FAU - Garg, Dinesh
AU  - Garg D
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate 
      Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
FAU - Verma, Madhur
AU  - Verma M
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate 
      Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Family Med Prim Care
JT  - Journal of family medicine and primary care
JID - 101610082
PMC - PMC4311352
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adolescents
OT  - anthropometry
OT  - body mass index
OT  - obesity
OT  - overweight
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2015/02/07 06:00
MHDA- 2015/02/07 06:01
PMCR- 2014/10/01
CRDT- 2015/02/07 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/02/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/02/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JFMPC-3-404 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2249-4863.148127 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Family Med Prim Care. 2014 Oct-Dec;3(4):404-8. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.148127.