Abstract :
Introduction: India is a developing country which is seeing a transition from communicable diseases to non-communicable disease. Even as India battles malnutrition, the country has developed another nutritional problem obesity. In past 10 years, the number of obese people has doubled in our country and more than 135 million individuals were affected by obesity. Objectives: To know the prevalence of obesity among adults aged between 30 to 60 years residing in rural area and to assess association of Diabetes Mellitus among them. Materials and Methods: This community based cross-sectional study was carried out Agasga, the rural field practice area of Department of Community Medicine, among 855 adults aged between 30-60 years by using a predesigned & pretested schedule. Statistical analysis was done using percentages and Chi-square test. Results: The overall prevalence of overweight and obesity were 38.2% and 10.3% respectively according to Asian criteria of obesity and 35.2% and 0.9% respectively by WHO criteria of obesity classification. Significant association was found with BMI and diabetes. Conclusion: Even though WHO criteria helps us finding overweight and obese people, Asian criteria will be more beneficial in identifying at risk people. Implications:Asian criteria of classification of obesity has to be implicated to identify and prevent complications of obesity.
Keyword :
Asian/ WHO Criteria, BMI, Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity