Study About the Prevalence of Obesity among School Age Children in Gwalior and Impact of Intervention Strategies

“Study about the prevalence of obesity among school age children in Gwalior and impact of intervention strategies”. The aim of the study is identify the prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among School Children 7 12 years in Gwalior, identify the contributory Factors of Childhood Obesity, Dietary Pattern of Selected Overweight and Obese Children, Physical Activity Pattern, Energy Balance, Psychosocial and Behavior Adjustment Problems and Biochemical Profile of Obese Children and Impact of Intervention Strategies. Methodology adopted for the study was Gwalior was partitioned into four zones east, west, north and south for the review reason and 3 schools from each areas selected for the study. An aggregate of 11,470 children involving young men and young ladies which included 6121 children from tuition based schools, 3270 children from helped schools and 2079 children from government schools of Gwalior were evaluated for the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Study revealed that The in general prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children from 35 schools of Gwalior was observed to be 7.6 percent and 5.6 percent separately. Majority of overweight 93.6 and hefty children 81 .4 were Hindus. Majority of overweight 81.6 and hefty children 81.9 had a place with nuclear family. Majority of the top of the groups of overweight and hefty children were observed to be professionals or in taxpayer driven organizations. A greater part of 77.4 and 75.3 percent of the groups of overweight and fat children separately had a month to month pay of more than Rs. 7,500 The affiliation was observed to be huge p 0.01 .A limit of 51.1 percent and 59.8 percent of groups of overweight and large children spent more than Rs.2000 month to month for their food expenses. A greater part of 61.8 percent of overweight and 71 percent of fat children were single children in their family. A higher percentage of 67.4 overweight and 64.2 percent of hefty children were the First child in the family. About 49.9 percent of overweight and 51.6 percent of stout were non veggie lovers. Majority of overweight 57.2 and stout 52.8 children followed a three dinner design. Majority of overweight 61 and stout 64 children devoured chocolates. Bread shop items, desserts, seared food varieties, frozen yogurt and pizza were liked by a greater part of overweight and large children. It is seen that 13.5 percent overweight and 19.3 percent stout children saw TV for three hours. Outdoor games like cricket, tennis and football were played by a less number of children when contrasted and indoor games demonstrating absence of active work among overweight and large children. Duration of rest hours of the day for fat young men was 8.1. An hour spent each day on stationary exercises among hefty young men was observed to be 13.3 contrasted. Impact of Intervention Strategies reveal that Statistical examination uncovered a huge increment p 0.01 between the underlying and last qualities demonstrating that nourishment training given for a time of four months worked on the dietary information on chose corpulent children. Positive impact on the dietary demeanor of chose large children was found p 0.01 . Mean BMI esteem among the corpulent young men in Group Awes 23.8 at first, which decreased to 22.8 after intervention with a mean contrast of 1.0. Neelam Kushwaha | Amutha C. "Study About the Prevalence of Obesity among School Age Children in Gwalior and Impact of Intervention Strategies" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-3 , June 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd64970.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/64970/study-about-the-prevalence-of-obesity-among-school-age-children-in-gwalior-and-impact-of-intervention-strategies/neelam-kushwaha