Effect of Television on Obesity and Excess of Weight and Consequences of Health

Background: Obesity, a key risk factor for the chronic and non-communicable disease, has become a serious public health concern in both developed and developing countries. WHO has designated obesity as global epidemic. In 2014, 41 million children under the age of 5 years were found to be overweight or obese. Most of the world’s population lives in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. Objectives of the study were to know the prevalence of obesity and factors associated with obesity in rural and urban part of India.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in three high schools of rural and urban part of Davangere district, central Karnataka, India with a sample of 918 adolescent school children. Pre-designed questionnaire was used to elicit the required information. Height and weight was measured. Body mass index was calculated. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was observed to be 10.1% and 0.5% respectively. In rural part the prevalence was 7.1% and in urban area it is 12.6%. Overweight/obesity was significantly associated with family history of overweight/obesity, dietary habit, eating junk foods, sedentary life styles including watching television, lack of physical exercise and not participating in outdoor games.Conclusions: Overweight and obesity thought to be disease of developed and affluent nation. But in changing trends, countries like India especially rural areas, it’s alarming to see such results. Adopting the healthy lifestyles, food habits and regular exercise can reduce the risk of becoming overweight and obese.

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“…[7][8][9] Type of food consumed played a part in the incidence of Obesity. Among obese children 2/3 rd of children were eating Non-vegetarian.…”

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Obesity: changing outlook of Indian adolescent children: emerging and worrying trend

Prashanth

Latha

Babu

et al. 2017

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…[13,15] Consistent results showed that the more time spent in watching TV, the more weight is gained. [16,17] This study has some limitations including the BMI was calculate from the weight and height that were self-reported by the subjects. There was some limitations in the transportation as it was hard to reach all rural areas in scheduled time.…”

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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Lifestyle on Bmi in Adult People in Saudi Arabia, 2017

Doshi¹

2017

WJPR

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“…The research shows that for the first time since estimates of average life expectancy have been made the current generation of children will live shorter than their parents' generation. This is a direct result of obesity and insufficient physical activity [5]. That is why the issue of the proper design and adaptation of public spaces for the purposes of physical activity of residents is not only essential, but pressing.…”

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Towards Hybrid Urban Mobility: Kick Scooter as a Means of Individual Transport in the City

Kostrzewska

Macikowski

2017

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Abstract. The characteristic feature of a contemporary city is its inconvenience and oppressiveness caused by the hitherto dominant paradigm of urban planning based on car mobility. As a result, the inhabitants have to cope with air pollution, noise, spatial barriers, sedentary lifestyle and other factors which worsen their health and quality of life. Ecological and physically activating urban mobility thus plays an increasingly important role in the process of creating a friendly and healthy city. For many years, a steadily increasing share of bicycles in urban traffic has been observed. There are also other trending forms of non-motorized transport, such as in-line skates, skateboards, kick scooters, etc. Riding each of them can be regarded as a form of recreation or sport, but also as an ecological, physically activating means of urban mobility. The paper discusses the different forms of recreational mobility in the context of the possibility of combining it with city public transport, with particular emphasis on kick scooters. Kick scooters are becoming more and more popular, not only among children and youth, but also among adults, who use it mainly as a means of the non-motorised urban transport. Numerous publications from different parts of the world show a dynamic growth of this phenomenon. The aim of the article is also to answer the question in what extent the design of public space takes into consideration the use of these new forms of transport and recreation and, consequently, what aspects and requirements should be taken into account in the planning and design process. The paper presents the conclusions of a field study carried out with a group of students in Szczecin and Berlin. The aim of the research was to evaluate the possibilities of using kick scooters in big cities as a means of hybrid mobility combined with public transport by exploring the spectrum of public spaces (streets, squares, traffic nodes and hubs, public buildings, etc.) and testing the existing urban infrastructure. The experiment and research results seem to confirm the vast possibilities granted by kick scooters in this regard.

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Effect of Television on Obesity and Excess of Weight and Consequences of Health

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Obesity: changing outlook of Indian adolescent children: emerging and worrying trend

Obesity: changing outlook of Indian adolescent children: emerging and worrying trend

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Lifestyle on Bmi in Adult People in Saudi Arabia, 2017

Towards Hybrid Urban Mobility: Kick Scooter as a Means of Individual Transport in the City

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