Prevalence of generalized & abdominal obesity in urban & rural India- the ICMR - INDIAB Study (Phase-I) [ICMR - INDIAB-3]

• Published in: Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) Vol. 142; no. 2; pp. 139 - 150
• Main Authors: Pradeepa, Rajendra, Anjana, RanjitMohan, Joshi, ShashankR, Bhansali, Anil, Deepa, Mohan, Joshi, PrashantP, Dhandania, VinayK, Madhu, SriVenkata, Rao, PaturiVishnupriya, Geetha, Loganathan, Subashini, Radhakrishnan, Unnikrishnan, Ranjit, Shukla, DeepakKumar, Kaur, Tanvir, Mohan, Viswanathan, Das, AshokKumar, ICMR-INDIAB
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.08.2015; Scientific Scholar; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adult; Asia; Body Mass Index; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Female; Households; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; India; Male; Medical research; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity, Abdominal - embryology; Obesity, Abdominal - pathology; Original; Population; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Response rates; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Rural Population; Socioeconomic factors; Statistics; Studies; Urban areas; Urban Population; Waist Circumference; Womens health; Asia; India

Overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing in countries like India. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of generalized, abdominal and combined obesity in urban and rural India. Phase I of the ICMR-INDIAB study was conducted in a representative population of three States [Tamil Nadu...