International Journal of Medicine Research

Authors
Mohmad Farooq Bhat

Abstract
Childhood obesity is an emerging global challenge in the contemporary times. The rural India is also facing the challenge. The state of Jammu and Kashmir which lies in North of India has been showing increase in the obesity in children. The present study, therefore, intends to find out the prevalence of obesity among school children in the age group of 10-16 years in the rural district of Bandipora in the Kashmir province of Jammu and Kashmir.