Contracting lifestyle diseases
in adulthood, reveals a
recent study
By InnoHEALTH Editorial Team
A
recent study has found
that about 10% of school
children in Bengaluru
are obese, while 13.8%
children are at risk of contracting
lifestyle diseases in adulthood with
waistlines which are more than half
their height.
School-based screening of 104,105
children studying in 138 private
schools has revealed some alarming
trends on school students in
Bengaluru. The study was conducted
by AddressHealth, provider of health
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services in schools for children in
India. The survey data was compiled
over the current academic year and
revealed a significant degree of
malnutrition (both over and under
nutrition) among children - with
9.2% of children being obese and
another 13.7% children falling
in the overweight category (over
nutrition) while about 8.5% of
them are too thin for their age
(undernutrition).
Apart from this, 28.6% school
children have dental caries (cavities)
while 15.1% have newly detected/
worsening vision problems. In
addition, more than 200 children
had previously undetected cardiac
murmurs, and 70 children had
previously undetected hearing
defects. Commenting on the survey
results Dr. Anand Lakshman,
Founder and CEO, AddressHealth,
said, “Children are increasingly
vulnerable due to a variety of
lifestyle and environmental factors
such as proliferation of fast food
options, lack of physical activity, too
much screen time etc. We believe