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- Title
A Study to Assess the Eating Habits, Physical Activity, and Knowledge Regarding the Prevention of Obesity among School Children in a Selected Residential Area of Pune City.
- Authors
Daf, Shraddha; Darekar, Shital; Kale, Dhananjay; Pandey, Gauri; Jadhav, Anil; Bole, Iken; Devi, Seeta
- Abstract
Background: India stands at second position in possessing a large number of children with obesity after China. Worldwide, millions of children are suffering from health problems related to obesity. In addition to faulty eating habits, obesity among children also caused by genetic factors and lack of physical activities. Methodology: In the present study, researchers have executed a descriptive research design with a sample of 60. The samples were of school-going children with age group between 9-16 years and they were nominated in the study using convenient sampling design. The parameters include height, weight, and BMI of the school children to estimate the obesity of the children. This study also had focused to assess the physical activity and eating habits of subjects by assessing the knowledge regarding the prevention of obesity assessed by administering using a checklist. Results: 65% of students had average knowledge on the prevention of obesity. 11.7% of the students have a long-term illness which is limiting their daily activity. The majority of the subjects preferred outdoor games while some subjects wished some sort of motivation to engage in sports activities. 61.7% of students liked to eat junk foods at least once a day. 16.7% of students fall under the category of overweight with BMI 24.6- 30 kg/m². Conclusion: School going children need to be highly educated regarding the benefits of eating a healthy diet and they need to be discouraged for favoring junk foods by quoting results of health issues after eating junk food items.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 4, p3736
- ISSN
0973-9122
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12212