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Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey

INTRODUCTION: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart diseases are increasing in India. There is a clear need to study risk factors for NCDs in various population groups in the country. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community based cross-sectional survey was conducted...

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Autores principales: Jayamani, Violet, Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad, Lee, Premila, Alexander, Greeda, Christopher, Solomon, Prasad, Jasmin Helan
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664837
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.123782
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author Jayamani, Violet
Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad
Lee, Premila
Alexander, Greeda
Christopher, Solomon
Prasad, Jasmin Helan
author_facet Jayamani, Violet
Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad
Lee, Premila
Alexander, Greeda
Christopher, Solomon
Prasad, Jasmin Helan
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description INTRODUCTION: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart diseases are increasing in India. There is a clear need to study risk factors for NCDs in various population groups in the country. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community based cross-sectional survey was conducted to study the diet and physical activity of women in urban and rural areas in Vellore district. Dietary data was collected using 24-h dietary recall and physical activity was collected using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Sociodemographic variables were collected to assess the risk factors for unfavorable diet and physical activity. RESULTS: The odds of the rural women engaging in high physical activity are 3.61 times greater than urban women (95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.36−5.54). The odds of the urban women consuming a high calorie diet are 1.923 times that of the rural women (95% CI = 1.282−2.857). The odds of the urban women being overweight/obese are 5.555 times than that of the urban women (95% CI = 3.333−10). Women who were housewives and not doing household work were significantly less physically active, took higher calorie diet, and were more overweight and obese compared to women who were involved in active household work. CONCLUSIONS: Urban women had unfavorable diet and physical activity levels compared to rural women. They also had higher levels of overweight and obesity. There is a need for targeted NCD prevention interventions among urban women.
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spelling pubmed-46498862015-12-10 Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey Jayamani, Violet Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad Lee, Premila Alexander, Greeda Christopher, Solomon Prasad, Jasmin Helan J Family Med Prim Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart diseases are increasing in India. There is a clear need to study risk factors for NCDs in various population groups in the country. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This community based cross-sectional survey was conducted to study the diet and physical activity of women in urban and rural areas in Vellore district. Dietary data was collected using 24-h dietary recall and physical activity was collected using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Sociodemographic variables were collected to assess the risk factors for unfavorable diet and physical activity. RESULTS: The odds of the rural women engaging in high physical activity are 3.61 times greater than urban women (95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.36−5.54). The odds of the urban women consuming a high calorie diet are 1.923 times that of the rural women (95% CI = 1.282−2.857). The odds of the urban women being overweight/obese are 5.555 times than that of the urban women (95% CI = 3.333−10). Women who were housewives and not doing household work were significantly less physically active, took higher calorie diet, and were more overweight and obese compared to women who were involved in active household work. CONCLUSIONS: Urban women had unfavorable diet and physical activity levels compared to rural women. They also had higher levels of overweight and obesity. There is a need for targeted NCD prevention interventions among urban women. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4649886/ /pubmed/26664837 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.123782 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jayamani, Violet
Gopichandran, Vijayaprasad
Lee, Premila
Alexander, Greeda
Christopher, Solomon
Prasad, Jasmin Helan
Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey
title Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey
title_full Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey
title_fullStr Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey
title_full_unstemmed Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey
title_short Diet and Physical Activity Among Women in Urban and Rural Areas in South India: A Community Based Comparative Survey
title_sort diet and physical activity among women in urban and rural areas in south india: a community based comparative survey
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664837
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.123782
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