Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and key anthropometric indicators in urban areas of study sites
| Study site | Urban population of district (in millions)25 | Literacy rate (state)11 | Prevalence rate of (state) (age in years)26 | ||||||
| Severe thinness* | Obesity† | ||||||||
| All ages | 6–16 years | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15–19 | 5–9 | 10–14 | 15–19 | ||
| India | 377.11 | 76.73 | 84.1 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| M S Ramaiah Medical College & Hospital Bangalore | 8.75 | 1.42 | 85.8 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar | 1.08 | 0.20 | 85.7 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 4.5 |
| Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandigarh | 1.03 | 0.20 | 86.2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh | 0.24 | 0.043 | 88.5 | 4.3 | 11.9 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur | 1.27 | 0.29 | 79.7 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| King George’s Medical University, Lucknow | 3.04 | 0.64 | 75.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna | 2.52 | 0.62 | 76.9 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar | 1.22 | 0.24 | 77.1 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram | 1.77 | 0.28 | 95.1 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi | 0.33 | 0.05 | 85.8 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
*BMI for age < –3 SD of the WHO Child Growth Standards median.
†BMI for age >+2 SD of the WHO Child Growth Standards median.
BMI, body mass index.