Prevalence of overweight,obesity and abdominal obesity among adolescent

3. 1. To determine the prevalence of overweight
and obesity in adolescents (aged 13-19
years).
2. To identify the top diseases by causing
obesity.
3. To increase awareness among parents about
the effect of obesity.

4.  Obesity may be defined as abnormal or
excessive fat accumulation that may impair
health.
 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines
"obesity" as a BMI equal to or more than 30.

5.  Age
 Gender
 Genetic Factors
 Family income
 Nutrition intake
 Beverage intake
 Lack of physical activity
 Environmental factors

6. 1. Selection of the title
2. Selection of the study area
3. Identify target group
4. Design and formulation of questionnaire
5. Pretesting the questionnaire
6. Data collection
7. Data processing and analysis
8. Project preparation

7.  A descriptive cross sectional design was used
to estimate the prevalence of overweight and
obesity among adolescents in Maijdee city
Noakhali. Data collection was conducted with
a sample population composed of-
 Male 180
 Female 120
 Total=320 of 13 to 19 years of age.

8.  It can be done by following ways-
1. All data were put on excel sheet to get mean
± standard deviation about BMI, age, weight,
height and also used for chart, graph and
diagram preparation.
2. Finally, tables were prepared in accordance
with the objectives of the study in Microsoft
word.

9. Results

11. Variable Female Male
Number of subjects n=140 n=180
Age(year) 16.55 ± 1.3 16.30 ± 1.7
Weight(kg) 49.30 ± 7.1 53.00 ± 6.0
Height(cm) 156.8 ± 6.5 159.5 ± 6.7
BMI(kg/m²) 20.07 ± 2.9 20.90 ± 2.8
Waist-circumstance(cm) 73.08 ± 50 75.30 ± 5.3
Waist-height ratio(cm) 0.476 ± .05 0.470 ± .04

16.  The prevalence of underweight, overweight,
and obesity among male adolescents were
18.9%, 9.44% and 0.56% and female
adolescents were 30.7%, 3.57% and 1.43%
respectably.

17.  There is a moderate prevalence of overweight
and obesity among adolescents in Maijdee
city of Noakhali.
 The prevalence of overweight and obesity
among boys in this study was high compared
to girls.

18. Thank You