LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

A Descriptive Study to Assess the Risk Factors of Obesity among Housewives Residing at Selected Community, Setting in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

Photo from wikipedia

A descriptive study to assess the risk factors of obesity among housewives residing at selected community,setting in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu. The objectives were to assess the risk factors of… Click to show full abstract

A descriptive study to assess the risk factors of obesity among housewives residing at selected community,setting in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu. The objectives were to assess the risk factors of obesity amongthe housewives to find out the association between assess the risk factors of obesity and selected demographicdata of obesity among the house wives. A non – experimental, descriptive study was conducted.The sampling technique was non-probability, purposive sampling technique with the sample of 30housewives among obesity and Structured questionnaires (SQ) in the form was used to the assess therisk factors obesity among housewives. The variables were assessed the assess the risk factors of obesityamong housewives. Hypotheses were formulated. The level of significance selected was p<0.05. Theinvestigator used demographic data and Structured questionnaires (SQ) was used to collect data. The datacollection for the main study was done .The collected data was tabulated and analysed. Descriptive and inferential statistical were used. The meanvalue was 207 and the standard deviation was 2.8133. The study shows that the risk factors of obesityinadequate 7 (23%) were moderate 21(70%) and adequate was 2 (7%). The study concludes that there ismoderate 70% to assess the risk factors of obesity among housewives.

Keywords: obesity among; assess risk; study; risk factors; factors obesity

Journal Title: Medico-Legal Update
Year Published: 2020

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.