Childhood obesity and its associated factors among school going children in raisen, Madhya Pradesh, India

Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, India Near about 1.4 billion people live in India. According to UN forecast India will overtake China by 2023.Total population of India is 17.7% of total world population. Childhood obesity has become one of the major problems in India. For two /three decades it has been observed that obesity is increasing in Indian children. Due to the increase in abnormal body weight children are facing many health hazards. To investigate the factors associated with growth obesity researcher will carry out a cross-sectional study in different schools in Madhya Pradesh India. Random samples will be taken into consideration. The age level will be 12-18 years old. About (n = 500) samples will be taken from different regions. Data will collect by administering the questionnaire. Height and weight, and BMI will calculate. Z score will be calculated, and BMI will be categorized based on age and gender according to WHO. The chi-square test will employ the level of significant value at 0.05. This study will help to find the reason behind the increase in abnormal weight and prevention methods can be taken. Through this research children and parents will be benefited which will give awareness to society.

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