Abstract
Introduction: Childhood obesity is one of the global public health challenges of the 21st century,affecting every country in the world. Globally, in just 40 years the prevalence of obesity has raisedmore than 10-fold from 11 million to 124 million school-age children. Material and Methods: Thisstudy is a school-based cross-sectional study. The study population is 150 children from 11-14 yearsold school children from a selected private school in urban Pondicherry. Result: In the present studyit was observed the prevalence of overweight and obesity shows that the prevalence of overweight is18% (N=27) and Obesity is 6% (N=9) based on BMI. Overweight and Obesity is an emerging majorhealth problem in school children in our Country. Conclusion: In the present study, there is anincrease in the prevalence of overweight /obesity in school children.
Highlights
Childhood obesity is one of the global public health challenges of the 21st century, affecting every country in the world
All countries have framed a set of global targets for halting the increase in overweight/obesity, its main target is to that no increase in overweight among children under age 5, school-age children, or adolescents by 2025
The present study shows a higher prevalence rate of overweight/obesity among girls, as did a previous study done in Chennai [15]
Summary
Childhood obesity is one of the global public health challenges of the 21st century, affecting every country in the world. In just 40 years the prevalence of obesity has raised more than 10-fold from 11 million to 124 million school-age children. Conclusion: In the present study, there is an increase in the prevalence of overweight /obesity in school children. In just 40 years the prevalence of obesity has raised more than 10-fold from 11 million to 124 million in school-age children and adolescents according to a 2016 estimate [1]. All countries have framed a set of global targets for halting the increase in overweight/obesity, its main target is to that no increase in overweight among children under age 5, school-age children, or adolescents by 2025. A study conducted in 2016 reported that the prevalence of obesity and overweight was 15.8 % among urban and 26 % among the rural children in India. Dietary habits including high energy-dense foods and lack of physical activity were the main risk factor [2]
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