Socio-Demographic Determinants of Overweight and Obesity Among School Children in An Urban City of Central India

Background: Childhood obesity with all its adverse health consequences is growing at a very fast rate in developing countries. Identification of obese status during early childhood has substantial health benefits to the children and to the country. Present study aimed to assess prevalence of overwe...

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Published in:	National Journal of Community Medicine
Main Authors:	Garima Namdev, Mahesh Kumar Mishra, Dinesh Kumar Saxena, SwarnaKanta Likhar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Medsci Publications 2015-03-01
Subjects:	Overweight Obesity Body mass index (BMI) Socio economic status (SES)
Online Access:	https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/1128

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