title: Overweight and obesity in affluent school children of Punjab.
abstract: In the present cross-sectional study, an attempt has been made to report the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school-going children of the affluent families of Punjab. A total of 1000 children (490 boys and 510 girls) were measured for height and weight. Overweight and obesity were assessed using age and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) cut-off points. In the present study, 12.24% boys and 14.31% girls were overweight, and 5.92% boys and 6.27% girls were obese. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among the affluent school children of Punjab was as high or higher as in some developed countries.
authors: Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143 005, India. shardasidhu@hotmail.com
authors: Sharda
authors: S
authors: Sidhu
authors: Navdeep
authors: N
authors: Kaur
authors: Ramanjeet
authors: R
authors: Kaur