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Estimation of body mass index in students of a
public sector medical college in PakistanHamza Tariq Minhas 1, Daniah Anis 2, Ambreen Jawaid 3,
Hira Naeem 4, Mehwish Naz 5, Bader Faiyaz Zuberi 6ABSTRACT
Objectives: To determine the BMI status of the students of Dow Medical College and to calculate frequency of different BMI categories.
Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire based study was carried out in Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi. Body weight and height were measured and body mass index (BMI) values were calculated by dividing weight with (height)2. Overweight and obesity were defined using WHO international standard BMI cut-offs.
Results: The overall prevalence of underweight students was 29.9% out of which 9.6% fell under the category of severely underweight (BMI of < 16.5). In overweight category there were 8%. The frequency of students falling in Obese Class I, II & III was 2.7%, 0.6% & 0.0% respectively. It was found that more female students compared to male students were underweight. In the overweight and obese categories there was a preponderance of male students. A positive correlation was found between perception of obesity amongst parents and overweight obese students.
Conclusion: According to this study, underweight, especially in girls, should be considered a serious health problem among adolescent students which needs to be addressed. Obesity on the other hand does not seem to be a major issue amongst them.
KEY WORDS:
Body Mass Index, Obesity, Under-weight, Medical Students.Pak J Med Sci October - December 2010 Vol. 26 No. 4 918-922
How to cite this article:
Minhas HT, Anis D, Jawaid A, Naeem H, Naz M, Zuberi BF. Estimation of body mass index in students of a public sector medical college in Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(4):918-922
1. Hamza Tariq Minhas,
2. Daniah Anis,
3. Ambreen Jawaid,
4. Hira Naeem,
5. Mehwish Naz,
6. Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, FCPS,
Assistant Professor Medicine, DMC, DUHS. Karachi, Pakistan.
1-5: Final Year Students, Dow Medical College,
Dow University of Health Sciences,
Karachi – Pakistan.
Correspondence:
Dr. Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, FCPS, MACG (USA), AGAF (USA),
C-404, Al-Habib Pride, CL-8/5, Civil Lines,
Karachi – Pakistan.
Email: bader@zuberi.net
* Received for Publication: February 8, 2010
* Revision Received: June 21, 2010
* Revision Accepted: June 25, 2010
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