THE PREDISPOSING FACTORS OF OBESITY AMONG THE NURSES IN NAGPUR CITY

Abstract

Introduction: Obesity is the most common cause of cardiac conditions among the adult population. India is just behind US and China in this global hazard list of top 10 countries with the highest number of obese people. India is a developing country that requires the constant support and involvement of health care professionals. The prevalence of obesity and overweight is increased in recent years. This study is focused to nd the prevalence of obesity among nursing personnel. To assess the predisposing factor of Objectives: obesity among nursing personnel in Nagpur city. This is a non-experimental descriptive study and pur Method: posive sampling was used to select the sample and collect the data. The 100 nursing personnel having BMI greater than 25kg/m2 in Government Medical College and Hospital Nagpur were involved in the study. The study was conducted in a government medical college and hospital, Nagpur. Self-structured questionnaires were used to collect the data of the study. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis of the data. All the samples w Result: ere obese and the BMI was more than 25kg/m2. Maximum samples were from the age group 41-50 years. About 78% of the samples were GNM nurses. 10 different factors were studied and about the 3-4 factors were found more signicant during the study includes bad eating habits, lack of exercise, and heredity. Among the samples, physical inactivity was found in about 85% of people and bad eating habits were found in 86% of people also the genetic factor contributed to 46% and rest of all are surgical interventions, pregnancy, mental or emotional stress, health problems, physical stress, medications, and menopause respectively. The samples having age more than 40 years were found more obese as compared to the younger ones. The samples having age more than 40 years (73%) were more prone to bad eating habits (66%) and physical inactivity (61%). Obesity is more found in the low socio-economic group but there is no signicant relationship between economic condition and predisposing factors. Those three predisposing factors signicantly affect the heal Conclusion: th of the person and cause obesity. Inactivity is the key factor for increasing the risk of obesity among nurses. There is a need of doing exercise and improving dietary habits.