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students were selected for the study. This was a expressive Figure-2. Family History of Obesity
survey study design with postgraduate male and female
students of Kakatiya University in Warangal city located at
South of Telangana State, India. The survey sample is based on
basic anthropometry data (height and weight) among
postgraduate male and female university students.
environment offered an abundance of calorie rich food and few regularly practicing out door games. One interesting fact is that
opportunities for physical activity. Although changes in the due to the landscape, in a day nearly three or four times
genetic makeup of genetic population occurs too slow to be students had to climb the hill for their clinical posting, theory
responsible for this rapid rise in obesity, genes do play a role in classes and to hostel which itself could be a contributor factor
development of obesity. for no significant relationship with any factor other than family
history and menstrual disorders for females.
Figure-5. Habit of Taking Junk Food
Abdominal obesity is defend as an abdominal
circumference >102 cm and >88 cm for men and women,
respectively. However, abdominal obesity can be reduced by
engaging in some physical activity. There are various options
for the management of overweight and obese patients including
dietary approaches, pharmacotherapy, surgery and
combination of these techniques.
In their study, the prevalence of obesity was 0.34%and that The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
of overweight was 5.5%. This increased presence was attributed
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not establish any relevant relationship between other variables
of study because of limitations of study population. In the
present day, people find no time to care for their health. This
negligence may lead to several serious diseases like diabetes,
increased blood pressure, stroke, etc. It is high time to think
about it and make changes in their life style to have a healthy
future.