PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN ADOLESCENTS FROM EASTERN UTTARPRADESH

ABSTRACT Background: Obesity is major public health problem across the globe and its prevalence and severity is increasing day by day in adolescents due to increased use of multimedia devices and lifestyle changes in developing countries like ours. Aims & Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents aged 10-19 years. Methods:This observational study was done in Hind institute of medical sciences, Safedabad, Barabanki. All adolescents attending our outpatient in Department of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from January to September 2020 were included after applying exclusion criteria and obtaining a written consent from the adolescent and parent/guardian. On a preformed Performa, we noted the Demographic 2 2 data, History, examination, anthropometric measurement of weight and height. BMI was calculated as BMI=weight (kg)/height (m ) and Centre for disease control and prevention percentile ranking was used to categorize overweight between 85th to