Open AccessPrevalence of Obesity in Primary School children
Author(s) -
Rizwana Muzaffar,
Zarfishan Tahir
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v9i4.1368
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , pediatrics , childhood obesity , environmental health , demography , overweight , sociology
The prevalence of childhood obesity has risen dramatically in the past several decades. This condition is still under diagnosed and under treated. This study was carried out in four, schools of Hafizabad city to assess prevalence of obesity in school children aged 6-12 years.