A Study on Body Mass Index, Physical Activity and Hypertension among Legal Practitioners

Background: Advocates practise for long hours with hectic work schedules. Work pressure, changing legallandscapes, uncertainty of legal cases is a great challenge to lawyers. They are unable concentrate on their healthrelated activities. Physical inactivity causes obesity leading risk hypertension. In view above issues oneof the main objectives study evaluate relationship between physical activity, Body Mass Index andhypertension among practising advocates.Methods: A sample 300 advocates at Madurai district court was selected by simple random samplingmethod. Data collected using structured interview schedule and analysed SPSS.Results: Nearly 90% raised body mass index were hypertensives 68.42% withinadequate activity developed The difference observation found be statisticallysignificant (p=0.0000).Conclusions: Practice health fitness activities amidst busy Self- care management modifies theeffect hypertension risk.