Association Of Body Mass Index And Waist Hip Ratio With Knowledge Of Health Consequences Of Obesity Among The Individuals With Sedentary Lifestyle

Research Article
Veer Bharti., Ghanekar Jaishree and Dasila Prabha
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0909.2513
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
General Obesity, central obesity, waisthip ratio, sedentary lifestyle, Knowledge.
Abstract: 

Obesity is one of the conventional modifiable risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Knowledge about risk factor and awareness of its existence in self is the first step in reducing risk factors. This article aims to find the association of BMI, WHR and the knowledge regarding health consequences of obesity amongst the Individuals with sedentary lifestyle. Total 304 individuals willing to participate, above 25 years and living sedentary life were selected using convenient sampling. Data was collected regarding knowledge about health consequences of obesity, awareness about own BMI, WHR, and measurements of BMI, WHR. Present study showed equal prevalence of obesity in both gender. Only 10.20 % were aware of the normal value of BMI and none of them were aware of normal WHR. Awareness of participants about their own BMI and WHR was poor. There was no significant association between BMI, WHR and knowledge of Health Consequences of obesity.