Sonya Jagadesan, Ranjani Harish, Pradeepa Rajendra, Mohan Viswanathan
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre For Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention and Control, Chennai, India.
J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2010 Sep 1;4(5):1256-64. doi: 10.1177/193229681000400527.
Our goal is to estimate the prevalence of obesity, glucose intolerance, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome among urban children and adolescents aged 6-19 years and to raise awareness about noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among school children in Chennai, South India.
The Obesity Reduction and Awareness and Screening of Noncommunicable Diseases through Group Education project plans to reach out to children and adolescents using two approaches: the school and the community approach. The school approach aims to reach out to a representative sample of approximately 20,000 urban school children and adolescents, aged 6-19 years, covering 50 schools from all parts of Chennai. Anthropometric measures will include height, weight, waist, body fat, and blood pressure. Data on demographics, family profile, behavioral aspects, physical activity, and food pattern will be obtained by using a validated questionnaire. Awareness about metabolic NCDs like obesity and diabetes will be increased by educating the children and adolescents about healthy lifestyles. Through the community approach, 2000 children and adolescents from randomly selected residential colonies in Chennai will be screened for obesity, glucose intolerance, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome.
Awareness about NCDs will be increased among children and their parents in Chennai. This study will also provide valuable epidemiological data on obesity, glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, hypertension and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents in urban India.
我们的目标是估计印度南部钦奈6至19岁城市儿童和青少年中肥胖、糖耐量异常、高血压、血脂异常及代谢综合征的患病率，并提高在校儿童对非传染性疾病（NCDs）的认识。
“通过小组教育减少肥胖及筛查非传染性疾病”项目计划通过两种方式接触儿童和青少年：学校方式和社区方式。学校方式旨在接触约20000名6至19岁城市学童和青少年的代表性样本，覆盖钦奈各地的50所学校。人体测量指标将包括身高、体重、腰围、体脂和血压。通过使用经过验证的问卷获取人口统计学、家庭概况、行为方面、身体活动和饮食模式的数据。通过对儿童和青少年进行健康生活方式教育，提高他们对肥胖和糖尿病等代谢性非传染性疾病的认识。通过社区方式，将对钦奈随机选择的居住社区中的2000名儿童和青少年进行肥胖、糖耐量异常、高血压、血脂异常和代谢综合征的筛查。
钦奈儿童及其父母对非传染性疾病的认识将得到提高。本研究还将提供关于印度城市儿童和青少年肥胖、糖耐量异常、血脂异常、高血压和代谢综合征的宝贵流行病学数据。
