Prevalence of obesity and overweight and their comparison by three growth standards among affluent school students aged 8–18 years in Rajkot

Prevalence of obesity and overweight and their comparison by three growth standards among affluent school students aged 8–18 years in Rajkot

Obesity and overweight emerged as an important public health problem in India. The present study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of obesity and overweight and compare it using three different standards among affluent school students aged 8–18 years from Rajkot, Gujarat. Anthropometric measu...

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Main Authors: T. K. M Eshwar, Rajesh K Chudasama, Subhasini T Eshwar, Dhara Thakrar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Affluent school students
obesity
overweight
prevalence
Rajkot
Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2017;volume=61;issue=1;spage=51;epage=54;aulast=Eshwar

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