Open AccessOverweight and obesity among school-going children of Lucknow city
Author(s) -
Rajaat Vohra,
Pankaj Bhardwaj,
Jyoti Srivastava,
S. K. Srivastava,
Anusha Vohra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.83369
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , socioeconomic status , curriculum , childhood obesity , gerontology , environmental health , demography , pediatrics , population , psychology , sociology , pedagogy
Childhood obesity is increasingly being observed with changing lifestyles of families. The magnitude of overweight ranges from 9% to 27.5% and obesity ranges from 1% to 12.9% among Indian children.