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@article{186914,
        author = {Dr. Puneet Gangawat and Daksha Babulal Jogel and Dhruvi Sanjaykumar Patel and Krupa Jethalal Bhanushali and Kunalba Manaharsinh Makavana and Manthan Girishbhai Mota and Payal Khimjibhai Sathvara and Prerana Piyushbhai Sakariya},
        title = {A STUDY TO ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY AMONG ADULTS IN SELECTED URBAN AREAS OF BHUJ KUTCH-GUJARAT},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {3118-3130},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=186914},
        abstract = {Obesity is an escalating public health concern in India, contributing to rising cases of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. Driven by unhealthy diets, sedentary lifestyles, and processed food consumption, the problem affects both urban and rural populations. The government has initiated programs like Fit India Movement, POSHAN Abhiyaan, and Eat Right India to foster healthy living. According to NFHS-5, obesity rates among adults and children are alarming. Combating obesity requires widespread awareness, community participation, and sustained behavioral change. OBJECTIVES: The objective of study is to assess effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding prevention and management of obesity among the adults in selected urban areas. FINDINGS: Demographic variables are in study result show that pre-test assessment reveal that the majority of adult people had a moderately adequate knowledge regarding obesity, with 17 (28.33%) falling into this category. Additionally, 35 (58.33%) of the participants demonstrated adequate knowledge, while only 8 (13.33%) had inadequate knowledge after the educational intervention. CONCLUSION: This study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of BMI score. The pretest finding of the study suggested that there was a need for information booklet intervention. Post test result suggested that informational booklet was effective in increasing the knowledge of the samples. The pretest finding of the study has suggested to carry out the information booklet intervention and after carrying out the information booklet the post test result was much effective among the urban people, thus the information booklet on the prevention and management of obesity in urban people using demographic variables among the urban people working in selected urban areas of Bhuj Kutch was much effective.},
        keywords = {Assess, Knowledge, Obesity, Adults, Urban areas, Prevention, Management and Information Booklet.},
        month = {November},
        }