Open AccessFast foods and physical inactivity are risk factors for obesity and hypertension among adolescent school children in east district of Sikkim, India
Author(s) -
Sumit Kar,
Bidita Khandelwal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.160004
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , body mass index , environmental health , waist , anthropometry , abdominal obesity , population , public health , blood pressure , childhood obesity , demography , pediatrics , nursing , sociology
Obesity and hypertension among school children have a huge impact on public health. Hence, we estimated the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of childhood obesity and elevated blood pressure (BP) among adolescent schoolchildren (11-19 years) in urban areas of Gangtok, Sikkim, India.