Utility of Consensus Statement in Assessment of Obesity: A Study among Undergraduate Medical Students from Rural Northwest India

In India, obesity is emerging as an important health problem particularly in the urban areas, paradoxically coexisting with under nutrition. Almost 30-65% of adult Indians are either overweight or obese or have abdominal obesity. A cross-sectional study design was used to assess the prevalence of ob...

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Published in:Journal of family medicine and primary care 2013-07, Vol.2 (3), p.274-276
Main Authors: Sharma, Shailja, Raina, Sunil Kumar, Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar, Chander, Vishav, Kumar, Dinesh, Sharma, Sushant
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Body mass index
Consensus statement
Diagnosis
Distribution
Health aspects
Medical students
Obesity
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utility
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Summary:In India, obesity is emerging as an important health problem particularly in the urban areas, paradoxically coexisting with under nutrition. Almost 30-65% of adult Indians are either overweight or obese or have abdominal obesity. A cross-sectional study design was used to assess the prevalence of obesity among undergraduate medical using consensus statement for obesity in India. The results of the body mass index (BMI) calculations show 26 females and 4 males (29.79% of total students) with a BMI of
ISSN:2249-4863
2278-7135
DOI:10.4103/2249-4863.120759