Lifestyle Patterns and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Rural School Children of Age 6 to 9 Years of District Una, Himachal Pradesh

Lifestyle Patterns and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Rural School Children of Age 6 to 9 Years of District Una, Himachal Pradesh

BACKGROUND: Many studies have reported prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents from urban areas as well as of underweight or malnutrition from rural areas. With changing lifestyles everywhere, a need was felt to study the prevalence of overweight and obesity among rural chil...

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Main Authors: Shilpa Choudhary, Suman Dua, Meenal Dhall, Satwanti Kapoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2017-01-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:
Rural
body mass index
lifestyle
overweight
obesity
school children
Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue60/2016-4-1.html

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