Abstract:

The crisis of obesity is observed among adolescents in metropolitan cities in India. It is associated with a range of cardiometabolic diseases, such as hypertension, prediabetes, Asthma, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidaemia, and reproductive abnormalities. The objective of this study was to analyse the cardiometabolic risk factors and weight status of adolescents in association with their lifestyle patterns. A cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescent patients who received treatment for cardiometabolic disease in a tertiary care hospital. They were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. 83 adolescent patients with obesity were identified and interviewed. General information, lifestyle patterns and details of the cardiometabolic risk factors were collected through a questionnaire. ANOVA was calculated using SPSS Version 23, and the statistically significant level was <0.05. There was an association between age group, family income, physical activity, screen time, junk food consumption, balanced diet and sleeping hours in obesity-level adolescent patients. The mean values of cardiometabolic diseases were worse in obesity III and II than in obesity I. The status of blood pressure (SBP and DBP), fasting PG, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglyceride strongly correlated with adolescent patients' level of obesity. Lifestyle modifications are essential among adolescents to prevent comorbidities that have developed from cardiometabolic risk factors.

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