UNDESIRABLE BODY MASS INDEX PROFILES IN YOUNG ADULTS: NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO OBESITY EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Muhammad Zahid Department of Physiology, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
  • Anwar Khan Wazir Department of Physiology, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
  • Alamzeb Khan Jadoon Department of Physiology, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
  • Atif Ullah 1Department of Physiology, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Durre Shehwar Department of Physiology, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Muhammad Asif Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Banda Daud Shah, Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Muhammad Amjad Khan Department of Statistics, Government College Akberpura, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Muhammad Haris Department of Anatomy, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Sobia Haris Department of Medical Education, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Farah Deeba Department of Medical Education, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i01.303

Keywords:

Undesirable BMI profile, Underweight, Overweight, Obesity, Young adults, NMC

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in young adults aged 17-24 years.

Materials and Methods: This cross sectional, descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, Nowshera Medical College, Nowshera from June 2019 to November 2019 on 124 students aged 17-24 years. The participants were recruited in the study through random, consecutive sampling. After obtaining informed consent, the participants were subjected to measurement of height, weight and BMI for categorization as underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese as per WHO criteria.

Results: The mean age of the subjects was 20.70+ 1.42 years. The study group included 73 males & 51 females. 66.9 % of the participants had normal weight, 5.6 % were underweight while a significant 27.5% were found to be overweight or obese without any significant gender difference.

Conclusion: 33.1 % of the participants had undesirable BMI profile with obesity being commoner than underweight. No significant difference was noted between genders.

 

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2020-03-31

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Muhammad Zahid, Anwar Khan Wazir, Alamzeb Khan Jadoon, Atif Ullah, Durre Shehwar, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Muhammad Haris, Sobia Haris, & Farah Deeba. (2020). UNDESIRABLE BODY MASS INDEX PROFILES IN YOUNG ADULTS: NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO OBESITY EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 10(01), 112–116. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i01.303

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Vol. 10 No. 01 (2020): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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