Prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool children in semi urban South India.
This study was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 425 pre-school children (2 to 5 years) using the new Child Growth Standards released by the World Health Organization. Overweight and obesity were defined as body mass index (BMI) > 85th and 95th percentiles for that age and sex, respectively. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 4.5% and 1.4%, respectively.
Kumar
H N Harsha
HN
Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India. drhnhk@rediffmail.com
Mohanan
Padma
P
Kotian
Shashidhar
S
Sajjan
B S
BS
Kumar
S Ganesh
SG
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence