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Prevalence of Overweight and its Associated Factors among Children Aged 13‐60 Months in Urban and Rural Puducherry

Kirasani Sivaram Prasad, Manoj Patruni, Bangi Sumalatha, K.C. Premarajan and S. Ganesh Kumar
Page: 514-521 | Received 22 Aug 2024, Published online: 08 Oct 2024

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Abstract

Childhood overweight and obesity is an emerging and most important public health issue globally. It is considered a global pandemic in many developing and developed countries. Globally, 43 million under‐five children were overweight or obese, among them 35 million were from developing countries. To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its associated factors among children aged 13‐60 months in the field practice area of JIPMER. A community based cross sectional study was included 609 children among 2‐5 years age group, from the urban and rural areas of Puducherry. The body mass index (BMI) of students was converted to Z‐scores using by WHO growth charts. An Interview was conducted within the household by the principal investigator who used a pre‐tested questionnaire to collect the demographic details and other information which include physical activity, dietary habits, nutritional history and sedentary behaviour. Univariate logistic regression analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis was done to find out the association between independent variables and nutritional status with overweight/obesity of the participants and represented with prevalence ratio and p‐value with 95% CI. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among the study population was found to be 4.8% (95% CI:3.2‐6.8) and 1.8% (95% CI:0.9‐3.2) respectively. Another significant finding seen that 32.3% of children were wasted, 6.9% were at possible risk of overweight and 54.2% were normal weight. Out of 609, 13‐24 months old children had more chance of developing overweight and obese (PR: 14.06, P<0.001). Females had more chance of developing overweight/obesity than boys (PR: 2.39) and is statistically significant. This study reconfirmed the double burden of under nutrition and over nutrition among under‐five children in rural and urban areas and identified the variables to be addressed urgently at the community level to decrease the burden of overweight/obesity in preschool age and preventing the incidence of CVD and diabetes in the adult population.

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Kirasani Sivaram Prasad, Manoj Patruni, Bangi Sumalatha, K.C. Premarajan and S. Ganesh Kumar. Prevalence of Overweight and its Associated Factors among Children Aged 13‐60 Months in Urban and Rural Puducherry.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2024.10.514.521
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