Obesity
Prevalence of hypertension among Liangmai individuals aged 12 to 25 years in Khunkhu Naga Village, Manipur
By: THOUNAOJAM SARJU CHANU, HUIDROM SURAJ SINGH – Hypertension is one of the fastest-growing public health concerns and leads to complications in adults that can cause chronic diseases and premature death. It is a major concern not only because of its rising prevalence but also because evidence suggests a correlation between childhood hypertension and adult…
Obesity among Ahom Women: an evaluation using Fat Mass Index, Percentage of Body Fat and Body Mass Index
By: AVIJIT BORUAH – Obesity is an increasing public health concern across various populations in India, including indigenous communities. This study aims to assess the prevalence of obesity among Ahom women using Fat Mass Index (FMI), Percentage of Body Fat (%BF), and Body Mass Index (BMI), and to explore the associated socio-demographic factors. This community-based…
Association of Obesity with Sleep Duration in the Indian Context: A Systematic Review
adolescent obesity, childhood obesity, inadequate sleep duration, Obesity, overweight, sleep deprivation, sleep duration and BMIBy: THOUNAOJAM SARJU CHANU, HAOBIJAM VOKENDRO – Obesity is a prevalent and multifaceted health condition that substantially increases the risk of a wide range of chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disorders, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, respiratory complications, and musculoskeletal disorders. The prevalence of obesity has been increasing at a rapid rate among children and adolescents…
Obesity and hypertension: A study among Nepali-speaking adult male tea workers of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
By: SIDDHARTH CHHETRI, ARINDAM BISWAS, ARGINA KHATUN – This study investigates the prevalence of obesity and hypertension among adult male tea estate workers from Pussimbang and Tongsong Tea Estates in Darjeeling, West Bengal. It focuses on the relationship between central obesity and hypertension. A sample of 284 healthy male participants, aged 18 to 59 years,…
Prevalence of overweight/obesity, hypertension and its associated factors among study population of rural and periurban Birbhum district, West Bengal
By: SAIKAT MAJUMDAR, ASHOKE GORAIN, PREMANANDA BHARATI – The main cause of excessive overweight and obesity is the imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. Obesity is a significant predictor of hypertension and a controllable factor. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a convenient measure for assessing overweight and obesity. This study aims to determine the relationship…
Obesity and Behavioral conditions as a Risk factor of Hypertension among the Maram Tribes of Manipur
By: URAPAM ZIMIK, HOSEA THANGLEN, HIJAM SOROJINI DEVI, SHYAMCHAND M. MEITEI, YUMNAM SANJU DEVI, KHANGEMBAM KHAGEMBA SINGH – Obesity is becoming a well-known health parameter associated with a variety of health problems, including high blood pressure, diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between hypertension, behavioral factors…
Association of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Pcos) with Anthropometric Dietary Habits of Above 18 Years of Females of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarha
By: PRIYANKA, MUSKAN CHOURSIYA, KUNAL KASHYAP, AAFREEN SIDDIQUI, SUBAL DAS – Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex condition characterized by elevated androgen levels, menstrual irregularities, and/or small cysts on one or both ovaries. PCOS is a life style disorder that is influenced by ethnicity, genotype, and environmental factors. This present study is a cross-sectional…
Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association with Obesity and Lifestyle Indicators among the Rural Tangkhul of Manipur
By: URAPAM ZIMIK, SOROJINI H. DEVI, HOSEA THANGLEN – The burden of diabetes is high and increasing globally and in developing economies like India, mainly fueled by the increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity and unhealthy lifestyles. Diabetes has become one of the largest global health emergencies of this century, ranking among the ten leading causes of…
A Study to Assess the Cardiovascular Disease Related Risk Factors among the Rural and Urban Populations of West Bengal, India
By: ADITI BARDHAN, PRIYANKA KANRAR, BAIDYANATH PAL, MONALI GOSWAMI – The present study is an attempt to envisage the various cardiovascular diseases risk factors among the rural and urban population of West Bengal. A total number of 224 participants (rural – 93; urban -131) aged 20 to 70 years were apparently selected to participate in…
Role of Glutathione S-Transferase Genes (GSTM1 and GSTT1) in cardiovascular risk factors impairment among the urban population of Chandigarh, North India
By: ABHISHEK RAI, AMIT KUMAR, DEEPTI GOYAL, SUNIL THAKUR, PRITAM DAS, DIPNEET KAUR, PULAKES PURKAIT – Oxidative stress, due to reactive oxygen species (ROS) or free radicals, can increase cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs). Lifestyle, environment, and genetics are the primary reasons for ROS generation. The role of genetics in the causation of CRFs mediated by…
Food habits and body adiposity among the adolescents of Manipur
By: HENRY KONJENGBAM, NONGTHOMBAM ACHOUBI DEVI, HUIDROM BIDYASAGAR SINGH, JIANGAMPOU KAMEI, ANGOM BIDYA DEVI, SANJENBAM YAIPHABA MEITEI – Increased exposure and consumption of a broader range of foods, primarily Western foods, have resulted in Obesity, overweight, and other diet-related non-communicable diseases, which have become a major public health concern. The study aims to assess the…
Prevalence of obesity and overweight among the Adults of Gunagi community Uttar Kannada district, Karnataka, India
By: PRAMOD S. GINIWALAD, ARUNA HALLIKERI – The objectives of the present study were to determine and compare the prevalence of underweight and obese/overweight and their associations with specific dietary patterns and demographic determinants among the Gunagi community. The cluster sampling technique and simple random sampling were taken for data collection from One hundred and…
High Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among the Wrestlers of a Folk Wrestling Style in India
By: VIVOTO TSUKRU, DHRUBA KUMAR LIMBU – Naga wrestling is an indigenous wrestling style played by the menfolk of Tenyimi tribes of Nagaland and Manipur. The present study aims to find the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Naga wrestlers, and examine the influence of height, weight, and BMI on performance. For this study, we…
Determinants of overweight/obesity among adult Tamang males and females of the Pakyong sub-division of East Sikkim, North-East India
By: YOGESH SHARMA, MAIBAM SAMSON SINGH – The prevalence of overweight and obesity is becoming a global epidemic health problem. It is rapidly increasing in both developed and developing countries. Excess weight is associated with an increased risk of death resulting in around 2.8 million deaths of adults globally every year. Data for the present…
Association between Obesity and Blood Pressure with certain lifestyle as risk factors among Chiru Males of Northeast India
By: HOSEA THANGLEN, LORHO MARY MAHEO – Hypertension and obesity are among the most prevalent non-communicable diseases, which significantly and independently increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases causing high morbidity and mortality worldwide. It has become the most neglected blatantly visible health challenge, reducing the overall quality of life. The study was an attempt…
Is mother’s employment making a negative impact on the obesity level of their daughters?
By: DIGANGGANA TALUKDAR, GULRUKH BEGUM – The present study aims to study the nutrition of the pre-adolescent urban girls from 6-10 years of age of Guwahati city in relation to some social factors like parental education, parental occupation, family income, food habit and family type. A total sample of 222 girls were collected cross-sectionally and…
Coping with the weight-centric model of health care: the role of interoception
By: FRANCO VIVIANI – Interoception (IC) is mostly self-awareness. IC is a little sense constantly monitoring how we feel inside. It can go awry, potentially distorting our body image. This paper considers different aspects of this sort of sixth sense and its role in a medical and social milieu dominated by the stigma for oversized…
Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Nutritional Status among an Urban Population of Southern Rajasthan
By: PULAKES PURKAIT, PREM C. SUTHAR, MITHUN SIKDAR – The increasing prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus as well as hypertension among Indian population has already become a subject matter for the health planners as well as the researchers who are engaged in mitigating the same in years to come. But lots of work has to be…
Genetic Sensitivity to Phenylthiocarbamide -Effect on Body Mass Indices and DNA damage
By: GURSATEJ GANDHI, GAZALJIT KAUR, AMANJIT KAUR, NARESH MAHAJAN, JASMEET KAUR – As sensitivity to bitter taste (phenylthiocarbamide [PTC] perception) has been maintained at high frequency worldwide, its use as a potential genetic marker for food preferences and dietary choices and its influence on body weight/adiposity which in turn maybe a contributor to various co-morbidities…
Obesity, Diabetes and the Thrifty Gene. The Case of the Pima
By: FLAVIA BUSATTA – The great tenacity and perseverance with which the Gila River Pima fight diabetes has uncovered much about the disease. Thank you to Gila River Pima a most significant discovery has made that is genetic discoveries made on samples from Caucasian are not useful for the cure of the disease among the…