Open AccessAssessment of the Psycho Social Problems Related with Obese Juveniles in Actual Government School at Chennai
Author(s) -
Ar. Bharathi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i44b32658
Subject(s) - psychosocial , obesity , psychology , government (linguistics) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , gerontology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy
To evaluate the level of obesity, associated psychosocial problems and comparison with demographic variables in a selected government school at Chennai. Stock (1974) health belief Theory, a non-experimental study design, was used as the conceptual frame work in the present study. The students were randomly selected for the study Semi structured interview questions and questionnaire were used to assess the psychosocial problems of adolescents and demographic data of the students, respectively. The results revealed that psycho social problems were found among 50 obese adolescents, majority of them are 15-18 years of age, females, nuclear family, Hindus and non-vegetarian. It was also exclusively observed that obese adolescents had high level of psycho social problems.