Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 2(1), pp. 4 - 9
DOI: 10.13189/adm.2014.020102
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: A Population Based Study of Urban School Children in South India


Radha R Chada 1,*, Bipin Kumar Sethi 2, Kavita Waghray 3, Shanti K Naidu 4
1 Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Kasturba Gandhi Degree and PG College for Women, West Marredpally, Secunderabad, India
2 Department of Endocrinology, Care Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
3 Department of Food Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad
4 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Care Hospitals, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

ABSTRACT

A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted on 1440 Indian children in Hyderabad to determine the prevalence of obesity, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and to determine whether the increase in T2DM among adults is applicable to this population. Information was gathered through a questionnaire. All the children were screened for fasting capillary blood glucose (FCBG) and anthropometric measurements. None had impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or type 2 diabetes. The school age children and adolescents were categorized into various grades of nutritional status using WHO Reference values of BMI Z-scores. Among the total children, 15.9% of girls, 15.9% of boys were overweight, and 4.2% and 9.5% were obese respectively. Prevalence of overweight/obesity and diabetes among either of the parent or both parents of the children was found among 36.6% and 12.4% respectively. The study found surprisingly no prevalence of dysglycemia amongst children in a city with a high prevalence of diabetes in its adult population. More studies are needed to confirm and explain the paradox. This analysis represents the population based data upon which future studies will be based.

KEYWORDS
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Impaired Fasting Glucose, Overweight, Childhood Obesity, BMI

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Radha R Chada , Bipin Kumar Sethi , Kavita Waghray , Shanti K Naidu , "Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: A Population Based Study of Urban School Children in South India," Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 4 - 9, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/adm.2014.020102.

(b). APA Format:
Radha R Chada , Bipin Kumar Sethi , Kavita Waghray , Shanti K Naidu (2014). Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: A Population Based Study of Urban School Children in South India. Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism(CEASE PUBLICATION), 2(1), 4 - 9. DOI: 10.13189/adm.2014.020102.