IJREH | Health Consciousness of School Going Adolescents*

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Health Consciousness of School Going Adolescents*

Anu George

International Journal of Rural Development, Environment and Health Research(IJREH), Vol-7,Issue-3, May - June 2023, Pages 10-13, 10.22161/ijreh.7.3.2

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Article Info: Received: 12 Apr 2023; Received in revised form: 12 May 2023; Accepted: 20 May 2023; Available online: 29 May 2023

Abstract:

The study was conducted among the school going adolescents in Kerala to assess their socio-personal profile, food consumption pattern and to understand their health consciousness and health status through health indicators like Body Mass Index (BMI). The study revealed that 15.6 per cent of the respondents had symptoms suggestive of some nutritional problems. Regarding BMI, above two-third of the students were included in the underweight category, 1.7 per cent were having overweight and a small percentage were even obese.

Keywords:

Adolescents, Body Mass Index, Health consciousness, Puberty

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