DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i11.021

Pages: 3591-3596

Introduction: Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. Children who are obese are above the normal weight for their age and height. The frequency of obesity has been differed potentially from country to country according to the socio-demographic levels. In reducing the increasing incidence of childhood obesity environmental approaches and population-based social strategies should be considered as effective initiatives. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to assess the relation of childhood obesity with parental socio-demographic status of the respective children. Methods: This was a cross sectional study which was conducted in the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorder (outdoor unit), Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh in the mentioned hospital were finalized as the study population. Study period Feb-2018 to Jan-1019 and Total Study participants was (n=124). More than 18 or less than 3 years’ old children were excluded from the study. Data was entered, coded, cleaned, and analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (IBM SPSS), version 20. Results: In our study we found, the highest number, 63 (50.81%) fathers of the participants were business among 124. Then 28 (22.58%) were service, 19 were farming holders which was 15.32%, 11 were day laborer which was 8.87% and only 3 were unemployed which was 2.42% among 124 in total. On the other hand, the highest number, 83 (66.94%) mothers of the participants were housewives among 124. Then 11 were businessmen which were 8.87%, 10 were service holders which was 8.06%, 7 were day farmers which was 5.65% and 13 were day laborer which was 10.48% among 124 in total. In analyzing the family income of the participants we found the highest 58, (46.77%) were from such family whose monthly income was 1, 00,000 – 5, 00,000 BDT per month. Besides this, 37 (29.84%) were from the families whose monthly income was 30,000-10, 0000 BDT