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INCLEN Task Force Study on Childhood Obesity

A multi-centric study on its measurements and determinants with reference to cardio-metabolic risk factors

Objectives	To develop normogram of body fat (content and distribution) and cardio-metabolic risk factors (blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, lipoproteins, apo-lipoproteins and HBA1C) among Indian children aged 6 to 18 years To identify the best possible cutoff measures of body fat (content & distribution) that predict unacceptable cardio-metabolic risk factors for defining body fatness (overweight & obese) among Indian children aged 6-18 years. Build capacity of researchers from partner Institutes in childhood obesity-related health research in India.
Location	Hyderabad: National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Haryana: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Shillong: North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Shillong Jamnagar: Government Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat Srinagar: Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Timeline	2012 – 2016
Methods	Study has two components, the quantitative (measurement of childhood obesity) and the qualitative (determinants of childhood obesity). Quantitative data was collected from 3 regions (New Delhi, Shillong and Hyderabad) while qualitative data was collected from 5 regions (New Delhi, Shillong, Hyderabad, Jamnagar and Srinagar). A representative sample of 3851 children (boys 1922 and girls 1929) between 6 to 18 years of age was recruited from local schools. Detailed assessments were done on anthropometry, pubertal stage, blood biochemistry (fasting plasma insulin, plasma glucose, lipid parameters and sub-fractions, uric acid) using semi-automated analyze), body composition by bio impedance (BIA) (InBody720,body composition analyzer, Biospace), body composition using DXA (Hologic QDR 4500A) on selected sub samples, socio-economic status, media and marketing exposure food frequency and diet recall, and physical activity recall.
Expected Outcomes	Predictive equations for estimating percentage body fat using Bio-impedance Study has developed smoothened centile curves using cubic, and/or quadratic polynomial equations to correlate the percent body fat in each centile curves. Determinants of childhood obesity through analysis of qualitative data (272 In-depth Interviews, 31 FGDs and 116 Informal interviews

Principal Investigator

Dr. N. K Arora

Co-PI’s

Dr. Nikhil Tandon
Dr. Himesh Burman
Dr. A Laxmaiah
Dr. Bhadresh Vyas,
Dr. Manoja Kumar Das

Implementation Team

Rakesh Pillai

Abha Mishra

Salam Kabita Devi

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