Open AccessStudy of childhood obesity among school children aged 6 to 12 years in union territory of Puducherry
Author(s) -
Preetam Mahajan,
Anil J Purty,
Zile Singh,
Johnson Cherian,
Murugan Natesan,
Sandeep Arepally,
V. Senthilvel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.80793
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , percentile , medicine , anthropometry , childhood obesity , demography , population , residence , pediatrics , environmental health , mathematics , statistics , sociology
To study the prevalence of obesity and overweight among school children in Puducherry. To identify any variation as per age, gender, place of residence and type of school.