Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
Open Access

Abstract

Introduction: Stress may infl uence obesity behaviourally through stress related overeating as a medium of escaping emotional distress. There is increasing prevalence of Obesity/Overweight among medical students mainly due to sedentary life, lack of physical activity as well as stress due to academic pressure, insecurities about future, family and personal factors. Stress is more among fi nal year medical students more as compared to other years because of complexity of syllabus, academic pressure, future insecurities and desire to excel in upcoming postgraduate medical entrance exams. We conducted a cross sectional study on medial students and co related with overweight & obesity using predesigned & pretested questionnaire. Objectives: To determine the magnitude of stress among undergraduate MBBS students. To fi nd out the magnitude of Obesity and Overweight and illustrate relationship with stress, if any. Materials and Methods: A study will be conducted among 120 fi nal year students using a self-administered questionnaire containing questions regarding dietary and personal history and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Anthropometric measurements were taken to calculate BMI. Duration of study is two months Data will be collected and tabulated on MS Excel sheet and will be analysed using SPSS and conclusion will be drawn accordingly. Results: Yet to be analysed, will be presented at the conference. Conclusions: Yet to be analysed, will be presented at the conference

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