Study of childhood obesity among school children aged 6 to 12 years in union territory of Puducherry

• Main Authors: Preetam B Mahajan (Author), Anil J Purty (Author), Zile Singh (Author), Johnson Cherian (Author), Murugan Natesan (Author), Sandeep Arepally (Author), V Senthilvel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To study the prevalence of obesity and overweight among school children in Puducherry. To identify any variation as per age, gender, place of residence and type of school. Setting and design: Secondary data analysis of a school-based cross sectional study in all the four regions of Puduch...