Nutrition transition and obesity among teenagers and young adults in South Asia

R Jayawardena, P Ranasinghe… - Current diabetes …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Introduction: Obesity among teenagers/adolescents and young adults is associated with
significant adverse short and longer-term effects on health. To date, no narrative reviews …

[PDF][PDF] The prevalence of obesity among clinical students in a Malaysian medical school

NY Boo, GJQ Chia, LC Wong, RM Chew… - Singapore medical …, 2010 - academia.edu
Introduction: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of obesity among medical
students and its relationship with their dietary intake and physical activities. Methods: This …

High prevalence of preobesity and obesity among medical students of Lahore and its relation with dietary habits and physical activity

ZN Khan, MZK Assir, M Shafiq… - Indian journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity among
students of medical colleges of Lahore and to study its correlation with high-caloric diet …

Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with overweight and obesity among adolescents in Kaski district, Nepal

B Acharya, HS Chauhan, SB Thapa… - Indian journal of …, 2014 - iapsmupuk.org
Background: The occurrence of overweight and obesity is at increasing level in low income
and developing countries and is not limited to high income countries only. Adolescent is at …

[HTML][HTML] Overweight among medical students in a tertiary care center: a descriptive cross-sectional study

CK Rai, S Makaju - JNMA: Journal of the Nepal Medical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study done in 385 students in a tertiary care
hospital from 25th January 2020 to 28th February 2021. The sample was collected by simple …

[PDF][PDF] A study to assess prevalence of obesity among medical students of GR medical college, Gwalior, MP, India

R Tiwari, V Jain, AS Rajput, AK Bhagwat, M Goyal… - Int J Res Med …, 2014 - academia.edu
Background: Obesity is emerging as a serious problem throughout the world, not only
among adults but also children, teenagers and young adults. Medical education is stressful …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of overweight and obesity among medical students

C Rekha, N Lalitha, R Paramaguru, C Paul - Int J Sci Study, 2022 - researchgate.net
Introduction: Obesity is an upcoming emergency lifestyle disease in our country, especially
among young adults. In India, morbidity and mortality occurs even with low body mass index …

Association of body mass index (BMI) with diet, physical activity, and lifestyle among undergraduate dental students in a private dental college in Bangladesh

T Rafique, GM Molla, A Ahamed - Update Dental College Journal, 2024 - banglajol.info
Background: Obesity can lead to severe health problems and elevate the risk of diseases
such as hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes due to metabolic changes. Undergraduate …

[PDF][PDF] Pattern and determinants of overweight and obesity among future physicians

M Basu, P Das, G Dhar, S Datta… - Nepal Journal of …, 2014 - researchgate.net
Background Overweight including obesity is a leading cause of present day morbidity and
kills more people than underweight. Keeping this background in mind this study had been …

Study of Body Mass Index (BMI) on medical students

H Akhter, N Jahan, F Mahmud, N Sultana, T Ferdous… - KYAMC …, 2014 - banglajol.info
Background: Body mass index is a valuable tool to assess the nutritional status of an
individual. It can be conveniently used to identify those who are underweight, overweight or …