IS OVER-WEIGHT AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH FREQUENCY OF CO-MORBID CONDITIONS?

Authors

  • Sunny Kumar
  • Nabiha Mujahid Faruq
  • Amna Aamir Khan
  • Kailash Kumar
  • Maesa Jaffer

Keywords:

Obesity, Body Mass Index, BMI, Co Morbids, Depression, Stroke, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To find the association of over-weight and obesity with high frequency of co-morbid conditions

STUDY DESIGN

Cross Sectional Study

SAMPLE SIZE

This study is conducted at Ziauddin Hospital Out Patient Department. A sample of 200 over weight and obese clients were included by simple random sampling to find out the relation of co-morbidities with overweight and obesity.

OUTCOME MEASURES:

Patients were categorized as overweight and obese by calculating their Body Mass Index (BMI).

RESULTS

Out of 200 patients it is was found that there is an increase in secondary complications such as depression, hypertension, stroke, cardiac diseases, knee pain, and kidney disease. The statistics also showed that generally overweight and obese clients had a higher of smoking and alcohol consumption. There is a marked association of co-morbidities conditions within clients with higher BMI than normal.

CONCLUSION

This study provides a comprehensive estimate of the strong association of co-morbidities attributable to overweight and obesity using  tandardized and consistent definitions and methodologies. Our findings confirm that high BMI will carry a profound health burden and will have a significant impact on health expenditures.

Author Biographies

  • Sunny Kumar

    Physiotherapist

    Physiotherapy Department

    Ziauddin Hospital

  • Nabiha Mujahid Faruq

    Senior Physiotherapist

    Physiotherapy Department

    Ziauddin Hospital

  • Amna Aamir Khan

    Assistant Professor

    Ziauddin College of Physical Therapy

    Ziauddin University

  • Kailash Kumar

    Clinical Physical Therapist

  • Maesa Jaffer

    Physical Therapist

    Physiotherapy Department

    Ziauddin Hospital

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Published

2020-12-07

How to Cite

IS OVER-WEIGHT AND OBESITY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH FREQUENCY OF CO-MORBID CONDITIONS?. (2020). Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation, 1(2), 47-50. https://ojs.zu.edu.pk/pjr/article/view/868

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