title: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among urban and rural adult females of Punjab.
abstract: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was assessed during a community based epidemiological survey on a randomized sample of 1700 (900 urban and 800 rural) adult Punjabi females in the age group from 20-45 years. For the assessment of overweight and obesity, height and weight measurements were taken on each subject. The prevalence rate of malnutrition was calculated according to the critical limits of body mass index (BMI). The observations show that the combined overall prevalence rate of overweight/obesity in the present study is 43.88% and 22.26%, respectively, for urban and rural females. The frequency of overweight and obesity is more among urban females than in their rural female counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. shardasidhu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sharda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sidhu
authors.forename: Avneet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.lastname: Prabhjot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*