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Name | An Insight into the lifestyle factors of adolescents in a rural area of Karnataka in India |
Description | Research article:- *Mendonca Reuben Lawrence MBBS1, Dev Nischay U. MBBS2, D’Souza Neevan D.R., MSc3, Akshay K.M., MD3 Shantaram Manjula, PhD4 *1Dept. of Pulmonology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore 575 018, Karnataka, India. 2Daradahalli PHC, Mudigere Taluk, Chikmagalur District, Karnataka, India. 3Dept. of Community Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore 575 018, Karnataka, India. 4Dept. of Biochemistry, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore 575 018, Karnataka, India.
Abstract:- An attempt was made to focus on rural adolescents since majority of the Indian population lives in villages. We tried to observe male and female adolescents and their physical appearance in terms of height, weight, body mass index (BMI), life style factors such as intake of total proteins, total calories, their physical activities at school, time spent in reading, sleeping and watching television programs. This study was carried out over a period of four months on school children from the villages of Chikmagalur district of Karnataka state, India. There was no statistical significance between gender in 8th, 9th and 10th standards. Reading habits of the adolescents have significant increase as they grew older. As the walking hours of adolescents were increased, reading hours and exercises were decreased though not significantly. As age of the high school students was increased, sleeping hours were decreased; showing moderate inverse co-relation with statistical significance.
Key words:- Adolescents, family, lifestyle, rural area. |
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