Addressing obesity among females: The need for focused strategies in National programmes

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dc.contributor.authorJasrotia, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMehta, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSaxena, V.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-19T04:58:21Z
dc.date.available2023-08-19T04:58:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.description.abstractPrevalence of obesity is increasing in both developed and developing countries. India is also facing a double burden of malnutrition as already existing malnutrition and increasing prevalence of obesity. Evidence suggests that prevalence of obesity is more in women as compared to men due to consumption of pre-packed energy-dense food, hormonal change during pregnancy and menopause. Obese females are more prone to life style diseases and abdominal obesity increases the risk of metabolic syndrome and is strongly related to poly cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Obesity’s impact can be seen in the life cycle of women. It not only impacts the physical health of women but on her psychological, social, reproductive and social well-being which hampers her overall health. To address obesity various programmes and interventions have already been formulated by the Government of India. Need is to address the issue of obesity at every stage of women’s life cycle and this can be done by adding some interventions in already existing programmes.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community &Family Medicine, AIIMS Rishikesh, Email Id:aakritijasrotia1995@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS Rishikesh, Email Id:aprajitamehta3@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor & Head, Department of community & Family Medicine, AIIMS Rishikeshen_US
dc.identifier.citationJasrotia A., Mehta A., Saxena V.. Addressing obesity among females: The need for focused strategies in National programmes. Indian Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine. 2022 Jun; 53(2): 155-159en_US
dc.identifier.issn0301-1216
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/224008
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Community Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005, India.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume53en_US
dc.source.urihttps://ijpsm.co.in/index.php/ijpsm/article/view/39/30en_US
dc.subjectObesityen_US
dc.subjectoverweighten_US
dc.subjectbody weighten_US
dc.subjectwaist circumference dietaryen_US
dc.subjectdietary intakeen_US
dc.subjectover-eating.en_US
dc.titleAddressing obesity among females: The need for focused strategies in National programmesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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