Covariates and prevalence of obesity among adult North Indian population.
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The present study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity and its covariates including age among adult Khatri males and females. A total of 805 subjects (male = 381, female = 424) between age of 18 yr to 71 + yr residing in Shahjahanpur city, Uttar Pradesh, India were studied cross sectionally. The study highlights the trend of obesity in the population and also discusses in detail, the factors that cause it. An inverse relationship was obtained between level of physical activity and different relative weight categories based on body mass index in both the sexes. Similar association was observed in case of television watching time and overweight/obesity. With increase in hours of television watching the prevalence of overweight/obese also increased among both Khatri males and females.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Collegium antropologicum
دوره 35 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011