Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice on Obesity and Associated Disorders among Young Adults

Authors

  • Vivekanand Shatrughan Waghmare, Shreya Pathak, Shipra Das, Harshal Gajanan Mendhe, Swaraj Bandhu Kesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v7i1.275

Keywords:

Obesity, Young Adults, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice etc.

Abstract

Introduction

Overweight and obesity are quickly rising in developing countries like India

Aim

This study was aimed at to evaluate and compare the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding Obesity among medical and non medical college students.

Material and Method

We examined Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on obesity among 200 medical and non-medical college students. KAP's were assessed and statistical analyses were done.

Results

We found good and fair knowledge among medical students as compared to non medical student's population. This study also showed a high percentage poor knowledge in non medical student's population. A poor practice was also observed in overall student's population. The study also demonstrated a high level of knowledge practice gap among medical and non medical students.

Conclusion

Not only enhanced knowledge regarding obesity is enough for prevention of this particular disorder but also development of perfect attitude and proper practice through life-style modification is required.

Author Biography

  • Vivekanand Shatrughan Waghmare, Shreya Pathak, Shipra Das, Harshal Gajanan Mendhe, Swaraj Bandhu Kesh

    Waghmare Vivekanand Shatrughan1, Pathak Shreya2, Das Shipra3, Mendhe Harshal Gajanan4, Kesh Swaraj Bandhu5,*

    1Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, Govt. Medical College

    2II Prof. MBBS Student, Govt. Medical College, Rajnandgaon

    3Tutor, Department of Physiology, Govt. Medical College, Rajnandgaon

    4Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Rajnandgaon

    5Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Govt. Medical College, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, India

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Published

2019-04-04

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019): International Journal of Physiology

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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice on Obesity and Associated Disorders among Young Adults. (2019). International Journal of Physiology, 7(1), 108-111. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijop.v7i1.275