Studying the effect of sedentary lifestyle in undergraduate medical students

Abstract

Background: Medical Students because of their prolonged study hours are more prone to sedentary lifestyle that exposes them to obesity. In addition to these factors, westernization of food preferences of the students also makes them prone to obesity. Aim and objective: This study was done to know the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the first year MBBS students of batch 2016-17.