A COMMUNITY BASED STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF OBESITY AND ITS RELATION WITH DIABETES AMONG ADULTS OF ALLAHABAD

The present study entitled " A community based study on prevalence of obesity and its association with diabetes among adults of Allahabad " aimed to find out the prevalence rate of the obesity among the selected adults, to access the nutritional status of the selected respondents, to determine relation of obesity with diabetes was carried out in the five areas of Allahabad. A total of one hundred and fifty male and female sedentary respondents were randomly selected from Muthiganj, Gaughat, Arail, Mahewa, Kitganj for the study and were personally interviewed with the help of preset schedule. The anthropometric measurements (Height, Weight, BMI) and biochemical test like blood glucose level that is both fasting and post prandial using finger prick method (Urooj and Puttaraj,2000) was taken. Dietary intake (24 hours dietary recall method) was recorded and calculated using food composition table compared with RDA (ICMR, 2010). After observation, it was found that 62 percent respondents were using their own vehicle, calorie consumption was high and fibre intake was less as compared to RDA, 53.33 percent respondents were not doing any exercise, the prevalence rate of obesity (BMI ≥25) was 57.33 percent, 86 male and female respondents were found to be obese out of which 43.2 percent of the respondents were diabetic (≥140 mg/dl). All respondents were having sedentary lifestyle. Hence we can conclude that obesity is the major cause of diabetes.