Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

Socio-demographic study of school going adolescents

Himanshi Makkar

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aim </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Study of demographic information of school going obese adolescents of Chandigarh</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Methodology </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">A total of 1002 subjects comprising of boys and girls aged 15-19 years were studied cross- sectionally in schools of Chandigarh.<b> </b>For data collection a self-structured questionnaire was used which comprised of questions pertaining to socio-economic status, type of school and family history of disease. Questionnaire consisted of multiple choice, close and open ended questions. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Result </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">35.36% and 12.40% adolescents going to private and government school respectively were found to be obese. 26.10% of adolescents belonging to upper class were found obese. 46.89% of adolescents have a family history of diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The findings revealed that most of the adolescents belonging to higher &nbsp;socio-economic status (SES) were positively associated with a higher intake of high-energy foods such as cakes, ice-cream, burgers and sandwiches. Thus, higher prevalence of obesity in private schools as children going to these schools belong to elite class.&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>