title: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in 4 Schools of South Mumbai.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The paediatric obesity is on the rise so as the complications of obesity like cardiovascular diseases, liver diseases, dyslipidaemia are increasing. The changing dietary habits and less of outdoor activities are risk factors for obesity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study was conducted to find out prevalence of overweight and obesity among students in four schools of the Mumbai and compare with studies from rest of the country.
  
  
  METHODS
  It is school based, cross-sectional study conducted in four Schools from class of 5(th) to 10(th). The anthropometric measurements of height, weight were taken of each student. The body mass index was calculated based on the age based Cole et al., criteria (International) as well as Khadilkar et al., criteria which are specially develop for Indian children. The data was analysed with chi-square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total 1828 students were screened from 4 schools. Out of which 590 were girls and 1238 were boys. The prevalence of overweight and obesity by Cole et al., criteria were 11.3% and 3.3% and by Khadilkar et al., criteria were 17.5% and 7.8 % respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It shows significant difference in obesity between boys and girls and also between government and private schools. There is overall decrease in prevalence of overweight and obesity as age increases. The overweight and obesity among these schools in Mumbai is comparable with the rest of the studies from India.
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital , Mumbai, India .
authors.forename: Sunil V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pawar
authors.affiliation: Speciality Medical Officer, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital , Mumbai, India .
authors.forename: Ajay S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Choksey
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital , Mumbai, India .
authors.forename: Samit S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital , Mumbai, India .
authors.forename: Ravindra G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Surude
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head of Department, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital , Mumbai, India .
authors.forename: Pravin M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Rathi
keywords: Body mass index; Childhood obesity; School