Introduction: Overweight is considered when an individual have 20% above ideal weight while obesity refers to 50% above ideal weight. Overweight is a common issue of sedentary lifestyle and most often results in obesity. Hence, a nurse must have a thorough knowledge regarding prevention of obesity. Objectives: It was intended to assess the effect of warm lemon water drink on selected physical parameters among the overweight female nursing students and to assess the association of effect of warm lemon water drink on physical parameters and selected demographic variables. Methods and Materials: This pre experimental one group pretest posttest study was conducted among 30 overweight female nursing students residing at student nurse’s hostel RIMS & R, U.P. Sample was selected using non probability purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by using invivo bio-physiological measurements such as height, weight and waist circumference. Results: The findings of the study showed that the average BMI reduced from 25.725 to 24.541 kg/m2, weight reduced from 60.766 to 57.966 kgs and waist circumference cut back from 94.066 to 88.1 cms after specified intervention. Conclusion: Although study was conducted during early winter, the effect of warm lemon water drink on selected parameters among the overweight students showed effectiveness. Warm lemon water drink is effective for assured weight loss of 1 to 4 kgs and decrease waist circumference of 4 – 6 cms during 3 weeks.

Author Name: Samundy Kumbhakar, Ranjana Verma, Biji Biju

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Keywords: Warm lemon water, Physical parameters, Overweight, Weight reduction, Nurse

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