![]() ![]() Being overweight is defined as the BMI being equal to or higher than 25 kg/m 2. This survey uses BMI to categorize as well as decipher the prevalence of obesity amongst the 205 individuals who participated, due to its wide acceptance in defining specific categories of body mass as a health issue. BMI primarily represents an individual’s fatness, along with the risk factors for the prevalence of various health issues. BMI basically is the ratio between body weight and the square of body height which is commonly used to assess bodily mass in epidemiological studies, since it corrects for height. Therefore, to understand the general public’s standing when it comes to health the commonly used metric is the Body Mass Index (BMI) for defining anthropometric height/weight characteristics in adults and for categorizing them into groups. Obesity is increasing globally in epidemic proportions over the past 50 years and has become a public burden with profound impacts on mortality, morbidity and cost of living, and thus has been recognised as a diseased state. In India, more than 135 million people are affected by obesity, prevalence rate of obesity and central obesity varies from 11.8% to 31.3% and 16.9% to 36.3% respectively according to the ICMR-INDIAB study conducted in 2015. In the last 30 years the rate of obesity has doubled amongst adults and children, and tripled amongst the adolescents. Studies have also shown that in the past 25 years, the prevalence of obesity has doubled in 73 countries globally. In the year 2015, it was estimated that around 603.7 million adults were obese worldwide and then recently in 2018, it shows that the rate has increased and now 650 million adults suffer from obesity and 1.9 billion adults are overweight. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines it as the accumulation of excessive fat in the body creating risks for a healthy life. Obesity is a chronic medical condition on the rise almost on the global epidemic level, which negatively impacts the health of people. The aim of this meta-analysis was to quantify the effects of nutrition, mental health and exercise on the various aspects of a person’s well-being. Like many other countries, in India, the shift from traditional healthy food to fast food & processed food is taking place, resulting in various health problems like obesity, heart problems, arthritis, weakness, diabetes, high blood pressure, difficulty in breathing, stroke & so on. ![]() 17.07% of the population exhibit signs of sleep deprivation while just 63.9% of the population sleep over 7 hours daily. Sleep has yet proven to be a defining factor in wellbeing. Women below the age of 25 have shown an overpowering presence of PCOS affecting their health and 38.53% of the population showcasing suffering from hypertension and 14.14% suffering from depression. Altogether 12.68% of people suffer from obesity while just 51.21% of them have an appropriate weight. The subjects include both males and females ranging from 15 years of age to 70 above. An extensive study has been done over two years with 205 subjects regarding their eating & sleeping habits and their mental & physical state on a day-to-day basis. Obesity, hypertension, depression currently in the rise are some of the many problems faced by a common person due to poor dietary and sleeping habits along with some genetic disorders.
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