Prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity among school children in Kashmir valley: a community based cross-sectional study

Javaid Ahmad Bhat; Moomin Hussain Bhat; Shariq Rashid Masoodi; Peerzada Ovais Ahmad; Mir Iftikhar Bashir; Arshad Iqbal Wani; Raiz Ahmad Misgar

doi:10.33883/jms.v24i3.1141

Javaid Ahmad Bhat Superspeciality Hospital, Government Medical College Sringar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-4192
Moomin Hussain Bhat Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & 58 Kashmir, India.
Shariq Rashid Masoodi Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Peerzada Ovais Ahmad Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Mir Iftikhar Bashir Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Arshad Iqbal Wani Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Raiz Ahmad Misgar Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33883/jms.v24i3.1141

Keywords: Childhood obesity, Overweight, Prevalence, CDC criteria, IOTF criteria

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity among school children aged 5-15 years in Kashmir valley.

Material and Methods: A total of 9,576 students both male and female, under age group 5-15 years were studied all over the Valley with boys comprising 56.6% (5416) and girls 43.4% (4160) of study group. It was a community based prospective study. The study was conducted by adapting multistage sampling procedures. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in these schoolchildren was studied according to using CDC and IOTF sex-specific BMI-for-age reference criteria.

Results: The prevalence of overweight by IOTF criteria was 24.7% while as that of Obesity was 11.5%. As per CDC Criteria, the prevalence of underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity was 7.0%, 70.7%, 11.7% and 10.6% in boys, and 5.9%, 71.8%, 12.5% and 9.7% in girls respectively. By IOTF Criteria, the prevalence of normal weight, overweight and obesity was 65.4%, 23.9%, and 10.5% in boys and 61.6%, 25.6% and 12.7% in girls respectively. Factors significantly associated with Obesity on logistic regression were age more than 10 years (OR 1.44; P<0.001) and female gender (OR 1.29; P<0.001). Urban status had no statistical significance with obesity (OR 1.08; P>0.3)

Conclusion: The high prevalence of overweight obesity in school going children with no significant difference in the obesity prevalence between boys and girls demands urgent measures to avoid pandemics of non-communicable diseases among Kashmiri population in future.

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