Desirable factors for maintaining normal BMI of urban affluent women of Delhi

Autor: Anu Taneja Gupta; Anupa Siddhu
Sprache: Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Quelle: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
Online Zugang: http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2015;volume=59;issue=1;spage=49;epage=53;aulast=Gupta
https://doaj.org/toc/0019-557X
0019-557X
doi:10.4103/0019-557X.152864
https://doaj.org/article/26eaa533d0104a789542fd50f7c73136
https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-557X.152864
https://doaj.org/article/26eaa533d0104a789542fd50f7c73136
Erfassungsnummer: ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:26eaa533d0104a789542fd50f7c73136

Zusammenfassung

The study aimed to identify desirable social, familial, reproductive, dietary, and lifestyle factors for maintaining normal body mass index (BMI) of urban affluent women (25-45 years) in Delhi, India. A total of 387 urban affluent women with at least one living child participated in this cross-sectional study conducted from March 2008 to April 2010. Women were classified into four BMI categories on the basis of World Health Organization (WHO; 2004) classification for Asians. Significant factors for maintaining normal BMI were: Younger age, less parity, nuclear family, normal weight status of parents, postpartum weight gain between 2 and 3 kg, regularity in taking meals, fixed meal size, self-perceived normal weight, and shorter sitting time and television viewing time. Multivariate regression analysis identified five determining factors for maintaining BMI, which are normal weight of father, self-perceived normal weight, fixed meal size, sitting time less than 6 h/day, and television viewing time less than 1 h/day. By small lifestyle modifications, normal BMI can be maintained.