A Cross Sectional study of the Prevalence of Obesity among School Children in a Etawah District . ”

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Author	Srivastava Dhiraj Kumar Mahendra, Chouksey Manoj, Bansal Neeraj, Gour Monika, S. Kumar, Jain Pankaj
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Introduction: India is going through the phase of nutritional transition with an under nourished predominant rural society on one end and overweight and obese urban society on the other end. Objectives:  To find out the prevalence of obesity among school children.  To find out the correlates of obesity Material & Method: A List of all the students of class 6 -10 is gathered from the office of principal of selected school. The necessary information was collected using a pretested structured questionnaire. The information regarding weight, height and BMI was calculated using a standardized protocol. Result: A total of 1044 student participated in the study. Most of the participants were of the age group of 14 and 15 years and were having weight in the range of 30-40 kg and height in the range of 100-145cms. Male participants were more obese as compared to female participants. Overweight and obesity was more prevalent among participants of private school as compare to students of government school. Conclusion: The study also concludes that the obesity pattern among children residing in the small towns and city is some what similar to that of children living in big cities. It indicate the traditional hard working society to a more sedentary life style
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