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A STUDY TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND TO COMPARE THE LIFE STYLE PRACTICES AMONG OBESE AND NON-OBESE CHILDREN IN SELECTED SCHOOL BATHINDA, PUNJAB.

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Until quite recently, there has been a widespread belief in the popular media and scientific literature that the prevalence of childhood obesity is rapidly increasing. The incidence of childhood obesity is rising across the globe, and obesity related co-morbidities are increasing concomitantly in the pediatric population. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally. More than 1 billion adults are overweight and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Significantly, obesity is increasing rapidly in developing countries undergoing rapid nutrition and lifestyle transition, and it often coexists with under-nutrition. The studies have documented that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in children for all age groups, highlighting the possible role of change in the dietary pattern and physical activities. The research design adopted was explorative research design. The study was conducted in two selected schools in Bathinda Punjab. Non-Probability Convenience sampling technique was adopted to select the desired sample. The sample size was 200 children in the age group of 12- 14 years. The data was collected by checking body mass index to find out prevalence of obesity and structured questionnaire which was designed to compare the life style practices among obese and non-obese children. . The collected data were analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistical methods.The findings on the prevalence of obesity among children revealed that , 52(32%) non-obese and 0 (0 %) obese were having the BMI upto 18.50 (under weight) , 111(68% ) non-obese and 0 ( 0 %) obese were having BMI from 18.5 - 24.9 ( Normal ) , 0 ( 0% )non-obese and 28 (76 % ) obese were having BMI from 25.0 - 29.9 ( over weight ) , 0 ( 0 % ) non-obese and 7 ( 19 % ) obese were having BMI ranging from 30.0 – 34.9 ( class I obesity ) and 0 ( 0 % ) non-obese and 2 ( 5 %) obese were having BMI ranging from 35.0- 39.9 (class II obesity ) . It was also revealed that 163 (81.5 %) children were non-obese and 37 (18.5 %) were obese. The findings of the study illustrate that while comparing life style practices between non-obese and obese, it was revealed that for non-obese children 10 (6.1%)were having the scores between 61 – 80 ( Good life style ) , 117 (71.8 % ) were having scores between 41- 60 ( Average life style ) 36 ( 22.1 % ) were having scores between 20- 40 ( Poor life style ) . For obese, the results revealed that 1 ( 2.7 % ) were having scores between 61-80 (Good life style ) , 7 (18.9 % ) were having scores between 41 – 60 ( Average life style ) and 29 ( 78.4 % ) were having scores between 20 – 40 ( Poor life style ) . This shows that there was significant difference between the lifestyle practices among obese and non- obese children. In the present study the Chi square value computed for life style practice scores and demographic variables showed weight at p 0.000 and BMI at p< 0.001 for non-obese and occupational status of father at p 0.001 and height at p 0.001 for obese showed statistically significant association with the level of life style practices among children.

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Prevalence, overweight, obese, children, life style

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" A STUDY TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND TO COMPARE THE LIFE STYLE PRACTICES AMONG OBESE AND NON-OBESE CHILDREN IN SELECTED SCHOOL BATHINDA, PUNJAB.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.a81-a86, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201010.pdf

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" A STUDY TO ASSESS THE PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND TO COMPARE THE LIFE STYLE PRACTICES AMONG OBESE AND NON-OBESE CHILDREN IN SELECTED SCHOOL BATHINDA, PUNJAB.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppa81-a86, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201010.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR2201010
Registration ID: 318512
Published In: Volume 9 | Issue 1 | Year January-2022
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Page No: a81-a86
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Area: Engineering
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
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