Effectiveness of a school-based nutrition education program on waist circumference and dietary behavior among overweight adolescents in Puducherry, India

• Main Authors: Sumathy Ponnambalam (Author), Soundararajan Palanisamy (Author), Rajeswari Singaravelu (Author), Hemamalini Arambakkam Janardhanan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The influence of western lifestyle such as high-caloric dense food and sedentary lifestyle has a great influence on Indian children, and the current prevalence of childhood overweight in India ranges between 4% and 22%. The primary aim of the study was to determine the change in growth p...