Abstract
“Childhood Obesity and its co-morbidities is considered as a prime health hitch that lay up consideration among the public health society. Obesity and above the over weight has bagged the fifth position in the global risk for mortality. The obesity shows a very early onset in life which has laid the utmost importance in the prevention of it among the children. Neck circumference is being considered as the marker of upper body subcutaneous tissue distribution.
 Aim: The main objective is to evaluate the association between neck circumference and obesity among the children.
 Methodology: This is a cross sectional study conducted between the periods of august 2019 - September 2019, among 150 male + 129 female students, aged 11 to 18 years. Anthropometric markers of obesity- body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), Hip circumference (HC), waist hip ratio (WHR), neck circumference (NC) were collected. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to compute the neck circumference with other obesity indices.
 Results: The mean BMI was 27.70±1.27 kg/m² and 27.72±2.12 kg/m², mean neck circumference was 35.42±2.26 cm and 32.85±1.92 in above the over weight /obesity boys + girls respectively. The hip circumference in boys was found to be greater than girls, which is higher in above the over weight /obesity students with P<0.001. Neck circumference shows a strong positive correlation with other anthropometric measures BMI, WC, HC in boys and girls (P<0.001).
 Conclusion: The present study showed that the weight increase in school children and need to aware the parents.
Highlights
The over weight is defined as body mass index between 25 and 29.9 kilogram per meter square and obesity is defined as BMI of 30 kilogram per meter square or higher
All the anthropometric measures are significantly found to be higher in above the over weight/obesity children compare to their normal peers and higher in boys compared to girls
The first person to suggest that different body morphology and type of fat distribution which is associated with health risk of obesity is Vague J.Hatipoglu et al suggested neck circumference can be used for screening children with above the over weight and obesity and correlated positively between neck circumference and BMI, waist circumference
Summary
The over weight is defined as body mass index between 25 and 29.9 kilogram per meter square and obesity is defined as BMI of 30 kilogram per meter square or higher. Obesity is a pathological condition in which excess body fat accumulated, leading adverse effects on health and life expectancy [1]. It is a chronic disorder with complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Pathological obesity is associated with several secondary commodities like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties during sleep, cancer and osteoarthritis. It is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive dietary calories, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility. Surgery is carryout or an intragastric balloon is placed to lower stomach volume and/or bowel length, precede to earlier satiation and make less ability to absorb nutrients from food [4]
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