Ajwad Farogh, Sidra Khurshid, Ahsan Altaf, Shamila Afshan.
To Determine BMI group of Undergraduate Medical Students of QAMC, Bahawalpur.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):303-5.

Aim : To find out BMI Group of medical students. Design: A descriptive study. Place of study: Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur . Duration of study: February to May, , 2017. Methodology: Weight and height of student were measured of 174 undergraduate medical students of the 1st profession and group of BMI were calculated by dividing the weight with (height). We defined low, normal, over weight and obesity by using the international scale of BMI recommended by WHO. All collected information was entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. The Quantitative variables were presented as as mean and standard deviation. Results: Total 174 students of medical college were enrolled , the age students were 18 to 22 years and 114(65 %) of female and 60( 35%) of male students. The average height of student was 165.1 meters ( St.D = 9.8); the height of male ‘s students was 178.6 meters ( St.D = 7.3) as compare with female 159.90 meters ( St.D = 6.4). The average weight of 174 students was 65.7 kg ( St.D = 10.1); Men 75.14 kg ( St.D = 11.3) as compare with women 6 1.69 kg ( St.D = 1 1.3), 101 (58 .05 %) of the students were in the normal weight range, 45(25.86%) students labeled as overweight. Conclusion: Normal BMI group was found in both genders. The trend of increase body weight and group of underweight also observed among students.

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