Baseline risk factor prevalence among adolescents aged 15-17 years old: findings from National Non-communicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS) of India.
Prashant MathurVaitheeswaran KulothunganSravya LeburuAnand KrishnanHimanshu Kumar ChaturvediHarshal Ramesh SalveRitvik AmarchandBaridalyne NongkynrihParasuraman GaneshkumarVinay Urs K SA LaxmaiahManjit BoruahSanjeev KumarBinod Kumar PatroPankaja Ravi RaghavPrabu RajkumarP Sankara SarmaRinku SharmaMuralidhar TambeN ArlappaTulika Goswami MahantaPranab Jyoti BhuyanRajnish P JoshiAbhijit P PakhareAbhiruchi GalhotraDewesh KumarBinod Kumar BeheraRoshan K TopnoManoj Kumar GuptaNeeti RustagiAtulkumar V TrivediKavumpurathu Raman ThankappanSonia GuptaSuneela GargSangita Chandrakant Shelkenull nullPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
The survey provides baseline data on NCD-related key risk factors among 15-17 years in India. These national-level data fill information gaps for this age group and help assess India's progress towards NCD targets set for 2025 comprehensively. Though the prevalence of select risk factors is much lower than in many developed countries, this study offers national evidence for revisiting and framing appropriate policies, strategies for prevention and control of NCDs in younger age groups.