Background: World Health Organization (WHO) has defined ‘Adolescence’ as a period between 10 and 19 years. Anemia is a condition characterized by reduction in the number of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin concentration. Adolescent girls are at increased risk of anemia due to rapid growth and developmental process. The objectives of the study were to estimate the prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls in one of the schools in North Karnataka.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among adolescent girls in one of the CBSE Schools of north Karnataka. In 347 adolescent girls, data collection was carried out in the month of August 2017 through hematological assessment. All the adolescent girls between grade 7 and 12 were included in the study. Statistical analysis was conducted using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software version 20.0.Results: Out of 347 adolescent girls enrolled more than half 196 (56.5%) were mid adolescent with a mean age of 14.34±1.8. 54 (15.6%) were showing mild thinness and 14 (4.0%) were overweight. Overall prevalence of anemia was 44.4% (n=154). Where in 35.2% (n=122) were mild anemic followed by 8.9% (n=31) moderate anemia. Among the anemic girls, 79.8% (n=123) had attained their menarche and 6.5% (n=10) were reported passing worms in stools.Conclusions: Prevalence of anemia among school adolescent girls was found to be less. Among anemic girls, majority were showing mild anemia.

People with overweight, standing for prolonged time, increasing age, smoking habit, heavy lifting and pregnancies in female increases risks of having varicose veins and are found common in lower limbs i.e saphenous vein. Objective: To assess the risks of varicose vein among policemen and to assess the association between varicose vein and their designation among police of Belagavi city, Karnataka, India. Material and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 150 police personnel who were working in Belagavi city. Information was collected by using questionnaire for socio-demographic, general information and symptoms. Observational checklist was used to assess signs of VV. Results: Out of 150 participants, the mean age of participants was 39.28 years. Among them, 74.66% were male and 25.34% were female where 77 (51.30%) were Police Constable, 54 (36%) were Head Constable, 15 (10%) were ASI, 2 (1.30%) were Inspector & Sub Inspector respectively. The mean standing hour per day was found to be 6.69 h and the mean years of service was found to be 9.11 years. It was found that 14.7% of police personnel had varicose veins and 20% of them were in the risk of developing VV. Conclusion: varicose veins has significant association with religion, designation, duration of working, income, marital status, lungs problem, DVT, cardiac infract and HTN. Similarly, risk of developing varicose vein has a significant association with marital status and duration of standing.