scholarly journals Impact of Lockdown on Dietary and Lifestyle Pattern of Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Khanpam Shimray ◽  
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Alisha Ventura ◽  
Sandhya Shukla ◽  
Sapna Verma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviour ◽  
Average Impact ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Lifestyle Pattern

Background of the Study: As the Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic is still ongoing; it has created profound impact socially, physically and emotionally on families across the globe. With confinement laws and regulations still being enforced, healthcare system is deteriorating, Economics are setting down and school closer are being extended. Unfortunately, this also led to increase vulnerability of food insecurity especially among the urban poor and increased risk of overweight and obesity in higher income classes [2]. The lock down restrictions is leading to severe repercussions on individuals; daily routine and lifestyle behaviour including food access and consumption, outdoor activities, travel, school related functions, and access to many forms of leisure and exercise [3]. Particularly alarming are the implication of the lockdown on irregular eating habits, excessive snacking, lack of physical activity, high calorie intake and increased risk of obesity [4]. The aim of this study was to assess changes in lifestyle behaviour of adolescents during the country-wide lockdown. Materials & Methods: A descriptive study design was adopted. Snowball sampling technique was used to gather data from 108 adolescents in between the age group of 11 years to 19 years. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for the collection of data from the participants through an online survey. Results: Finding reveals that 26.85% of adolescents had good impact (Healthy dietary pattern), 51.85% had average impact (Moderate changes) and 21.29% had poor impact (Drastic changes) on dietary pattern. Related to lifestyle pattern results also revealed that 39.81% of adolescents had good impact (Healthy lifestyle), 51.85% had average impact ((Moderate changes)) and none of them had poor impact (Drastic changes) on lifestyle pattern. Conclusion: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has become a major public health concern and has changed the daily lives of citizens across the globe. Healthy eating and good life style pattern are key for health and well-being, especially when the immune system is challenged. The present study revealed a substantial increase in unhealthy dietary and lifestyle pattern among adolescents during COVID-19 lockdown.

Psychological Well-Being, Health Behaviors, and Weight Loss Among Participants in a Residential, Kripalu Yoga-Based Weight Loss Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tosca Braun ◽  
Crystal Park ◽  
Lisa Ann Conboy
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Weight Loss Program ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Impact

The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in humans is a growing public health concern in the United States. Concomitants include poor health behaviors and reduced psychological well-being. Preliminary evidence suggests yoga and treatment paradigms incorporating mindfulness, self-compassion (SC), acceptance, non-dieting, and intuitive eating may improve these ancillary correlates, which may promote long-term weight loss. Methods: We explored the impact of a 5-day residential weight loss program, which was multifaceted and based on Kripalu yoga, on health behaviors, weight loss, and psychological well-being in overweight/obese individuals. Thirty-seven overweight/obese program participants (age 32-65, BMI<25) completed validated mind-fulness, SC, lifestyle behavior, and mood questionnaires at baseline, post-program, and 3-month follow-up and reported their weight 1 year after program completion. Results: Significant improvements in nutrition behaviors, SC, mindfulness, stress management, and spiritual growth were observed immediately post-program (n = 31, 84% retention), with medium to large effect sizes. At 3-month follow-up (n = 18, 49% retention), most changes persisted. Physical activity and mood disturbance had improved significantly post-program but failed to reach significance at 3-month follow-up. Self-report weight loss at 1 year (n = 19, 51% retention) was significant. Conclusion: These findings suggest a Kripalu yoga-based, residential weight loss program may foster psychological well-being, improved nutrition behaviors, and weight loss. Given the exploratory nature of this investigation, more rigorous work in this area is warranted.

scholarly journals Outcomes of undernutrition in patients in the community with cancer or cardiovascular disease

1999 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Edington ◽  
Paul D. Winter ◽  
Steve J. Coles ◽  
Catharine R. Gale ◽  
Christopher N. Martyn
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
General Practice Research Database ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Research Database ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Increased Risk

Public health concern has tended to focus on the dangers of obesity, but there is evidence that undernutrition may also pose a risk to physical and mental well-being, particularly in those who are already ill. Using the General Practice Research Database (see office for Population Censuses and Surveys, 1995), we followed up 10 128 men and women aged 18 years and over who had been diagnosed with cancer or cardiovascular disease to examine whether nutritional status, as indicated by BMI, affected rates of use of health care resources and mortality. In both diagnostic groups, patients with a BMI below 20 kg/m 2 had higher rates of consultation with GP, higher rates of prescription and higher death rates during the follow-up period compared with those with a BMI of 20 – < 25 kg/m 2. In men and women with cardiovascular disease, poor nutritional status was associated with a sharply increased risk of hospital admission. Patients whose BMI was 30 – <40 kg/m 2 also tended to have increased rates of GP consultation and prescription, and if they were under the age of 65 years, they had an increased risk of death. The results of the present study suggest that in men and women with cancer or cardiovascular disease, even minor degrees of undernutrition are associated with a marked increase in morbidity and mortality.

scholarly journals A comparative study of the effect of body mass index on pregnancy outcomes in normal and overweight women

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1550
Author(s):  
Seeniammal P. ◽  
Chellamma V. K. ◽  
Umadevi N.
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Maternal Obesity ◽  
Gestational Hypertension ◽  
Fetal Outcome ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Maternal Overweight

Background: Maternal obesity has been reported as a risk factor for various antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and neonatal complications. Increasing rates of overweight among pregnant women are a significant public health concern with various implications for prenatal care and supervision of delivery. Therefore, the present study is to determine the adverse materno-fetal outcome in primigravid overweight and obese women delivering singleton babies.Methods: A prospective comparative study was conducted for a year at IMCH, Medical College, Calicut. Primigravid women with a singleton uncomplicated pregnancy with cephalic presentation at ≥37 weeks of gestation with accurate information regarding height and weight recorded at the booking visit were included in the study. Comparisons were made between 100 women with BMI >25 and 200 women with BMI 18.5-24.9. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 16.0. Data was analysed by Pearson Chi square test and Fisher’s exact test.Results: Overweight mothers are at increased risk quoted as relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of adverse materno-fetal outcomes. Gestational hypertension RR 2.39 (CI 1.65-3.47), Gestational diabetes RR 2.67(CI 0.95-7.48), induction of labour RR 2.35 (CI 1.4-3.95), Cesarean section RR 5.73 (CI 3.76-8.73), macrosomia RR 14 (CI 1.75-112.23), NICU admissions RR 4.51(CI 2.61-7.84),perineal lacerations RR 4.72 (CI 1.15-20.4), wound infection RR 2.97 (CI 1.06-8.41), and prolonged hospital stay.Conclusions: It is clearly evident from the study that maternal overweight and obesity is associated with adverse materno-fetal outcome.

Level of physical activity and obesity among the adolescent school children in Bhaktapur: A cross-sectional pilot study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayan Kamal Sainju ◽  
Naresh Manandhar ◽  
Anira Vaidya ◽  
Sunil Kumar Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
School Children ◽  
Private School ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Growth Chart ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: Physical activity is crucial for overall health and well-being of an individual. As childhood obesity has emerged as a serious public health concern, physical activity is a proven tool for prevention and treatment of this type of obesity. As lifestyle and behavior pattern is formed at the adolescence age, it is essential that healthy lifestyle and good food habit should start at this age. Hence, we aimed to fi nd the level of physical activity and obesity among the adolescent school children in this study.Objectives: The objective of the study was to fi nd the level of physical activity and obesity among the adolescent school children in a Bhaktapur school.Method: This is a cross sectional pilot study conducted in October 2015 at a private school in Bhaktapur, Nepal. A total of 83 students studying in class eight, nine and ten were included in the study. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used, height and weight were measured and a BMI index for age percentile growth chart was used to interpret the Basal Metabolic Index of the participants.Result: Out of the total 83 respondents, 31.3% of the respondents performed physical activity for at least 60 minutes a day for more than three days per week and 37.3% participants performed the same for less than three days per week. Twelve percent of the total participants were either overweight or obese.Conclusion: The amount of physical activity in majority of the students is not adequate. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescence is high. Sedentary life style, increasing trends of indoor game and consumption of junk food are responsible for increased prevalence of overweight and obesity in the adolescence. Journal of Kathmandu Medical CollegeVol. 5, No. 2, Issue 16, Apr.-Jun., 2016, page: 65-70

scholarly journals Dietary Practices Associated with Obesity among Babcock University Students in Ilishan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ogechukwu E. Okondu ◽  
Chibuenyim Ogueri ◽  
Ayomide Afolabi ◽  
Uchenna Ifediora
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Dietary Practices ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Study Participants

Obesity is an issue of public health concern as it contributes to chronic non-communicable diseases despite the fact that it is preventable. Dietary practices and environment have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, overweight and obesity among young people. This study aimed to assess the dietary patterns associated with obesity among Babcock University students. A descriptive cross-sectional study was used to obtain data from 391 participants. Results reveal respondent&rsquo;s knowledge was 12.06 &plusmn; 2.3 translating to an 80% prevalence performance, level of perception was 37.23 &plusmn; 9.23 with prevalence of 59.0%, dietary practices was 19.6 &plusmn; 5.23 with 59% prevalence. Factors influencing dietary practices revealed mean score of 15.2 &plusmn; 4.5 with 72.3% prevalence performance. The factors identified in this study has a great influence on dietary practices of the study participants. In conclusion Babcock University students have an excellent knowledge of dietary practices related to obesity. They also had good dietary practices. The identified factors had a great influence on the study participants.

scholarly journals Risk Factors for Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents in Bangladesh: A Hospital Based Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monira Hossain ◽  
Ismot Ara Zannat ◽  
Suraiya Begum ◽  
Shahana Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Growth Chart ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Overweight Or Obesity ◽  
Obesity In Children

Background: Childhood obesity is becoming an epidemic globally as well as in Bangladesh. Although several risk factors are identified for overweight or obesity, limited studies have been done in our country. The objective of this study was to identify the risk factors of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Bangladesh. Methodology: It was a cross sectional study done in children, aged 5 to 16 years, attending the Paediatric Endocrine Clinic and Paediatric Outpatient Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka over a period of 18 months. Overweight and obese children as well as normal weight children were selected after considering inclusion and exclusion criteria. They were classified as case (overweight/obese) and control (normal weight) according to the Center‘s’ for Disease Control and Prevention age and sex specific growth chart. Among a total of 150 children 100 were cases and 50 were controls. Results: Majority of children in both the groups were male. Among cases 77% were obese and 23% were overweight. Analyzing the risk factors, it was found that first issue had 2.66 times, watching TV >3 hr had 4.47 times, breast feeding <6 month had 4.16 times, daily more caloric intake (approx.) had 17.36 times and maternal BMI >24.9 had 2.70 times increased risk to develop obesity. Conclusion: The first issue, excess television watching, lack of exclusive breast feeding, excess calorie intake and having overweight/obese mother had higher risk to develop overweight or obesity in children and adolescents. Bangladesh J Child Health 2019; VOL 43 (1) :9-14

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Women Aged 15-49 Years in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the 2005/6, 2010/11 and 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kudzaishe Mangombe ◽  
Naomi Wekwete ◽  
Amos Milanzi ◽  
Ronald Musizvingoza ◽  
Charles Lwanga
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Demographic And Health Surveys ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Household Assets

Overweight and obesity have increasingly become a health concern globally and, in particular, developing countries such as Zimbabwe. Obesity is associated with an increased risk of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Previous studies in the country have controlled for other factors, but none have examined the relationship between household assets ownership and body mass index. This study examines the association between demographic, socioeconomic factors and household assets ownership and obesity among Zimbabwean women of reproductive age over the 10-year period from 2005 to 2015 based on three Demographic and Health Surveys. The analytical sample consisted of non-pregnant women aged 15–49 years who were dejure household residents. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between background variables and Body Mass Index. Women in urban areas, with higher education, working and from richer households are more likely to be at risk of overweight and obesity. However, possession of household assets such as television, radio and telephone were not associated with overweight/obesity, except for the television in 2010/11. Thus, there is need for constant awareness programmes on healthy eating food, and physical activity especially among older women and those working.

scholarly journals LIFESTYLE ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 136-140
Author(s):  
Krutika Kamble ◽  
Suvarna Dhavale
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Change ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Great Fear ◽  
Mental Wellness ◽  
Will Power

Background: The current covid-19 Pandemic situation has affected many lives, their health and well-being. This pandemic situation undoubtedly contribute to sudden change in daily routine like social distancing, isolation leads to emotional distress and increased risk for psychiatric illness. Day by day increase in number of patients of covid-19 put all of us in great fear, stress, uncertainty about life, loss of will power, loss of positivity about life. Ayurveda does not only deal with physical wellness but mental wellness also. Ayurveda, the science of life dealing with maintenance of everyones health and eliminating rogas From body. Ayurveda will definitely help us out from this worst situation by some easy lifestyle hacks. Ayurveda has already gifted us with lots of easy going daily routine Concepts for betterment of life. Now it is the time to when we should understand importance of Ayurveda and pick some lifestyle hacks according to Ayurveda such as Dincharya, Ratricharya, Ritucharya, Ahara, Rasayana, Yoga, pranayama etc.   Objectives:  An overview of Dinacharya and Ahara in covid-19 pandemic situation for physical and mental health improvement.

Reframing Fatness: Critiquing ‘Obesity’

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethan Evans ◽  
Charlotte Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Policy Language ◽  
Religious Imagery ◽  
Fat Bodies

Over the last twenty years or so, fatness, pathologised as overweight and obesity, has been a core public health concern around which has grown a lucrative international weight loss industry. Referred to as a ‘time bomb’ and ‘the terror within’, analogies of ‘war’ circulate around obesity, framing fatness as enemy.2 Religious imagery and cultural and moral ideologies inform medical, popular and policy language with the ‘sins’ of ‘gluttony’ and ‘sloth’, evoked to frame fat people as immoral at worst and unknowledgeable victims at best, and understandings of fatness intersect with gender, class, age, sexuality, disability and race to make some fat bodies more problematically fat than others. As Evans and Colls argue, drawing on Michel Foucault, a combination of medical and moral knowledges produces the powerful ‘obesity truths’ through which fatness is framed as universally abject and pathological. Dominant and medicalised discourses of fatness (as obesity) leave little room for alternative understandings.

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in never treated mood disordered patientss

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Valerie Taylor ◽  
Glenda M. MacQueen
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Population Attributable Risk ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Visceral Obesity ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Bipolar Patients

Bipolar disorder and major depression are life-shortening illnesses. Unnatural causes such as suicide and accidents account for only a portion of this premature mortality1 Research is beginning to identify that mood disordered patients have a higher incidence of metabolic syndrome, an illness characterized by dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension and obesity.2 Metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk for a variety of physical illnesses. Hypothesis: Never treated patients with mood disorders have preexisting elevations in the prevalence of the component variables of metabolic syndrome. Central obesity will be especially elevated, predicting increased premature mortality. Methods: We assessed never treated patients with mood disorders for metabolic syndrome and its component variables. Patients were assessed at baseline and followed up at 6-month intervals. All psychiatric pharmacotherapy was documented. Body mass index (BMI) was also obtained and the percentage of deaths attributable to overweight and obesity was calculated using the population attributable risk (PAR). [PAR= ∑[P (RR-1)/RR] Results: Prior to the initiation of treatment, patients did not differ from population norms with respect to metabolic syndrome or BMI. At 2-year follow-up, BMI had increased for unipolar patients 2.02 points and 1.92 points for bipolar patients. (p < .001) This increase in BMI predicted an increase in mortality of 19.4%. Conclusion: An increase in visceral obesity is often the first component of metabolic syndrome to appear and may indicate the initiation of this disease process prematurely in this group. The increase in BMI places patients with mood disorders at risk for premature mortality and indicates a need for early intervention. References 1.Osby U, Brandt L, Correia N, Ekbom A & Sparen P. Excess mortability in bipolar and Unipolar disorder rin Sweden. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2001;58: 844-850 2.Toalson P, Saeeduddin A, Hardy T & Kabinoff G. The metabolic syndrome in patients with severe mental illness. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2004; 6(4): 152-158

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