title: Prevalance of obesity in children with cerebral palsy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obesity are epidemic among children and adolescents. There is worldwide tendency of increasing prevalence of obesity in children. Cerebral palsy (CP) is leading cause of childhood disability.studies have proposed mechanism of children with disability leading towards obesity and related health risks. So this study is aimed at determining whether such trend of obesity exists in children with CP in terms of BMI and WHR.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross -sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  40 children diagnosed as CP age 2-18 years, GMFCS I-IV.
  
  
  METHODS
  BMI; kg/m(2) was calculated from height and weight. WHR was calculated by measuring waist circumference and hip circumference. BMI percentiles were reported according to sex-specific age group standards for growth set by the WHO growth charts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of total CP subjects 40% were found to be underweight, 45%, 7.5% and 7.5% were found to be normal, overweight and obese respectively according to BMI. Whereas 20%, 20% 60% were found to be at high risk, moderate risk and high risk of obesity respectively according to WHR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our patient population, analysis of BMI and WHR suggests that children with CP have a high rate of overweight and are at risk of overweight, particularly of central obesity.
authors.affiliation: 1 Year MPT Neurology, Department of Pediatric Physiotherapy, S.B.B College of Physiotherapy , Ahmedabad, India .
authors.forename: Ankita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, S.B.B College of Physiotherapy , Ahmedabad, India .
authors.forename: Shraddha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diwan
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, GMERS Medical College , Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, India .
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diwan
authors.affiliation: Principal, Department of Physiotherapy, S.B.B College of Physiotherapy , Ahmedabad, India .
authors.forename: Neeta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vyas
keywords: Cerebral palsy; GMFCS; Obesity; WHO growth charts