Endocrine Abstracts

Obesity has emerged as an epidemic in India. The present study was conducted to assess the magnitude of overweight and obesity amongst children in the age group of 5–18 years belonging to low, middle and high income group in National Capital Territory NCT of Delhi. A total of 16 595 children (LIG 5087, MIG 5134 and HIG 6368) were covered in the present study. Overweight and obesity were assessed using BMI and triceps skin fold thickness (TSFT) utilizing age and sex specif...

Introduction: Iodine is an essential micronutrient. Iodine deficiency (ID) among adolescent girls could lead to ID amongst the newborns as they are the future mothers. Uttarakhand state is a known endemic region for ID.Objective: The present study was conducted with an objective to assess the iodine nutritional status amongst adolescent girls in districts: Udham Singh Nagar (USN), Nainital (N), and Pauri (P) of Uttarakhand state.Me...

Introduction: Iodine deficiency (ID) is an endemic health problem in Uttarakhand State. ID leads to mental retardation, deaf mutism, squint, dwarfism, spastic diplegia, neurological defects and congenital anomalies. Iodine nutrition status amongst neonates can be assessed by estimating thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH).Objectives: Current study aimed to assess iodine nutrition status among Neonates in Uttarakhand, India, a known endemic region for ID.</p...