Literature DB >> 18599938

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool children in semi urban South India.

H N Harsha Kumar1, Padma Mohanan, Shashidhar Kotian, B S Sajjan, S Ganesh Kumar.   

Abstract

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.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 18599938

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian Pediatr        ISSN： 0019-6061            Impact factor:   1.411


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