INTRODUCTIONnbspJunk foods are energy dense foods poor in micronutrients and regular consumption of them can adversely affect our health. Assuming medical and dental college students have adequate knowledge regarding ill-effects of junk food consumption we have still seen few of them consuming it. Current study was designed to assess the pattern of junk food consumption among medical amp dental college students and reasons for the same.OBJECTIVEnbspAssess the pattern of junk food consumption among medical amp dental college students and reasons for the same. To correlate junk food consumption between body mass index and waist circumference.METHODSnbspCross-sectional study was conducted among 163 medical and dental college students. Pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was administered to assess the pattern of junk food consumption reasons for the same. Height weight amp waist circumference were measured.RESULTSnbspIn present study 80.4 started consuming junk foods from primary school level and 71.2 consumed more than twice a week in past 3 months. Reasons for same were 83.4 found tasty and 56.4 easy availability. Out of 163 11.7 were under-weight amp 15.3 obese amp 16.6 had waist circumference above cut-off values. Pearson correlation co-efficient was significant for consumption of puff aerated drinksweek for waist circumference ice cream coneweek for BMI amp also for waist circumference.CONCLUSIONnbspjunk food consumption initiation started from primary school level in 80.4. In the past 3 months 71.2 consumed more than twice a week most common reason was finding it tasty and easy availability. In our study 46 were overweight obese. Consumption of puff aerated drinks and ice cream significantly correlated with increased waist circumference and BMI.
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HC et al. (2016) studied this question.