Avula Laxmaiah|Nagalla Balakrishna|K. Vijayaraghavan|Mohanan Nair
Factors Affecting Prevalence of Overweight Among 12- to 17-year-old Urban Adolescents in Hyderabad, India
Indian Council of Medical Research|National Institute of Nutrition|Indian Council of Medical Research|National Institute of Nutrition|Indian Council of Medical Research|National Institute of Nutrition
problem overweight obesity confined developed countries also widely prevalent developing countries objective study assess prevalence overweight obesity defined international obesity task force iotf among schoolage children hyderabad india identify associated factorsa crosssectional institutional study adopting multistage stratified cluster sampling procedure carried 2003 adolescents 12 17 years age sexes hyderabad indiathe overall prevalence overweight 61 95 confidence interval ci 42 80 among boys 82 among girls ci 60 104 16 10 obese respectively prevalence significantly higher p 005 among adolescents watched television 3 hd 104 belonged high socioeconomic background 149 p 0001 whereas significantly lower among participating regularly outdoor games 6 hwk 31 p 0004 household activities 3 hd 47 p 0001 logistic regression analysis revealed prevalence overweight 4 times higher among adolescents high socioeconomic status odds ratio 41 ci 225 752 3 times higher participating outdoor games 275 ci 156 472 192 times higher watching television 3 hd 192 ci 116 318this study confirmed findings earlier studies carried western countries emphasizes regular physical exercise household activities regulated television viewing healthy eating behaviors could contribute controlling overweight obesity