Open AccessEffects of health education tool on select epidemiological factors associated with adult obese urban slum women
Author(s) -
Deepika Vora,
Pallavi Shelke
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_99_16
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , obesity , overweight , epidemiology , anthropometry , environmental health , malnutrition , slum , gerontology , population
National Family Health Survey-3 (2005-2006) India, found that 14.8% of Ever-Married Adults (age 15-49 years) had Body Mass Index (BMI) in the ranges of overweight and obese; compared to 10.6% in the National Family Health Survey-2. These figures highlighted the fact that India already faces a dual burden of chronic malnutrition, i.e., obesity, besides undernutrition. Higher BMI, especially, increased abdominal fat is an important determinant of the development of diabetes.