@article{Verma_Bansal_Jain_2020, title={Impact of Junk food on Physical and Mental health of the Youngsters in Bhopal city - A Cross Sectional Survey Study}, volume={11}, url={https://www.ijam.co.in/index.php/ijam/article/view/1418}, DOI={10.47552/ijam.v11i2.1418}, abstractNote={<p>Background- <em>Ayurveda</em> has given a unique concept of <em>Viruddha Ahara</em>. Junk food an energy-dense food could be consider as <em>Viruddha Ahara </em>because of its serious physical and mental health consequences. Aim - Find out the frequency of consumption of Junk food preparation and their effects on Physical & Mental health in the youngsters of Bhopal city with special reference to <em>Viruddha Ahara</em>. Study Design- was Observational cross sectional study. Material and Method- Modified Questionnaire based on WHO STEPS1, 2 and 3 guidelines was used to collect the data. 600 youngsters of age group between 12-25 years from various schools and colleges of Bhopal city were selected by stratified random sampling technique and Statistical Analysis was done with epi info<sup>TM</sup> version 7 software. Appropriate statistical tests were applied such as frequency distribution, cross tabulation (M x N/ 2 x 2 Table), chi square test, z statistics and logistic regression analysis. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (C.I) and p-value (significant <0.05) were also calculated as per need. Result- It was observed that all subjects were consuming different kinds of junk food with high mean frequency that was 3.28 days per week.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Maximum youngsters were suffering from various physical and mental health consequences like 80.83% subjects were suffering from nutritional problem, 73.50% skin problems, 73.33 % GIT problems and 58.67% had anxiety disorder and 38.50% had recognised with mood disorder. Conclusion: The result of the survey study indicating that serious health consequences are developing in youngsters by consumption of <em>viruddha ahara</em> (Junk Food) and that could be converted them in chronic disease patients in near future.</p>}, number={2}, journal={International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine}, author={Verma, Ravi and Bansal, Charu and Jain, Trupti}, year={2020}, month={Jul.}, pages={184–192} }