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Scholars International Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (SIJAP)
Volume-1 | Issue-03 | 72-75
Original Research Article
Impact of Internet on the Health of Young Adults
Sumera Salomi, Swaroop chand Bhansali, Varanasi Venkata Rajesh, Adithya Parvathaneni
Published : Sept. 30, 2018
DOI : 10.36348/sijap
Abstract
In the recent days Internet has become an essential part of life. It has revolutionized communications, to the extent that it is now our preferred medium of everyday communication. In almost everything we do, we use the Internet. Chronic usage of internet affecting physical health conditions like weight gain etc., and this is causing the greatest problems among the young individuals. The main purpose of this study is to study the relationship between internet usage frequency in the University students on our GITAM University students with their BMI. The present study consists 100 Medicine students which were differentiated as males and females (43 Males and 50 Female students). Some of the students who are not responding for all the questionnaires are excluded (07 Students). Different questions were asked to the students in the class environment. A significant association was found between BMI and the intense internet usages (>5-7hrs/daily), with F value 3.55 and p value <0.05. Out of 93 students, 15 students with high internet usage (>5-7hrs) and 31 students with moderate internet usage (3-5hrs) showed positive correlation between increased internet use and obesity.
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