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Siddarodha Padeppagol, Banu Deshpande, Bheemanagouda and Muruli NV

Abstract: One hundred and twenty pre-obese employees of UAS, GKVK, Bangalore were purposively selected and comprising equal number of male and female subjects to evaluate the Family medical history and Lifestyle pattern of the employees. The data was collected by personal interview method. A standardized, questionnaire was formulated and pre-test was conducted to determine the feasibility of the study and validity of the questionnaire on 10% of the sample. It was evident that hypertension, diabetes and obesity were commonly prevalent medical history among family members. The maximum number of subjects were involved in sedentary activity followed by moderate work pattern and no one were involved in heavy physical activity among both male and female subjects as reported by subjects. The maximum number of subjects were involved in sedentary activity followed by moderate work pattern and no one were involved in heavy physical activity among both male and female subjects as reported by subjects

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