[PDF] Top 20 A Study on prevalence of overweight and obesity among women aged 20 years and above in an Urban Slum of Chennai.

... of obesity and associated conditions through clinical programmes and staff training to ensure effective support for those affected to lose weight or avoid further weight ... See full document

... that overweight and obese adolescents are less physically active than non-obese subjects and physically inactivity, high social economic back ground and dietary transition were found to be major ...this ... See full document

... The importance of identifying children who are at risk of developing the metabolic syndrome cannot be underestimated. The syndrome is a cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, including ... See full document

... for overweight. In the present study, among the sedentary behaviours documented, time spent on using computer/doing homework/reading was significantly associated with weight status, with significant ... See full document

... and women of different ethnic groups, of both tribal (20, 21) and non-tribal populations (22), of children (23) and of adults ...the prevalence of overweight and obesity. ... See full document

... this study, the weighted prevalence of hypertension (with hypertensive patients under treatment included re- gardless of their current blood pressure), hyperglycemia (with known diabetes patients included ... See full document

... both urban and rural areas from all 64 ...in urban areas and 393 in rural ...identify women eligible for the individual ...ever-married women aged between 15 and 49 years were ... See full document

... This study utilised a representative cross-sectional of women aged 15 – 49 years, from the 2013-14 Zambia Demographic Health Survey ...in urban and 417 in rural areas were selected with ... See full document

... rising prevalence of over- weight/obesity [18, ...and overweight/ obesity, and although among women of reproductive age, the prevalence of underweight has declined from ... See full document

... . Overweight or obese women, have better calcium absorption and also lesser post climacteric bone mass loss, than those with normal body ...weight. Women who have lower BMI have higher bone fracture ... See full document

... the study was 12.2 ± 1.7 years and more than half of them were female (Table ...Only 20% and 38% had consumed fruits and vegetables >5 times, respectively, the previous ...low among the ... See full document

... the prevalence of obesity observed among Saudi children ...high prevalence of overweight and obesity among Saudi children ...the prevalence of overweight and ... See full document

... of obesity is confined not only to adults but also among the children and adolescents of developed as well as developing ...adults. Obesity predisposing to diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular ... See full document

... being overweight and obese has been already established in adult populations ...present study has observed that individuals belonging to the higher income group ...being overweight and obese than ... See full document

... This study draws attention to the challenges faced by school children of ...and overweight children even with a steadily high burden of ...of overweight and obesity in children must comprise ... See full document

... This is to certify that the dissertation titled “A study of alcohol dependence among males in an urban slum of north Chennai and the associated risk factors” was done by Dr.C. ... See full document

... of Obesity and Overweight in the Iranian Population: Findings of STEPs ...noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than ... See full document

... 31- Goswami R, Dadhawal V , Tejaswl S , Datta K, Paul A, Haricharan N, etal. Species-specific prevalence of vaginal candidiasis among patients with diabetes mellitus and its relation to their glycaemic ... See full document

... the study provides some useful insights for interventions to remedy the problem of overweight/ obesity in Ghana, the results need to be interpreted with caution in the light of some ...the ... See full document

... version 20 for data management and ...of overweight/obesity were determined by export- ing age, sex, height, weight of the child to WHO AnthroPlus from SPSS ... See full document