This study was conducted to document the prevalence of obesity, overweight and underweight in the school children aged 5 to 16 years from Mysore. 5 Principal Investigators and 13 Co-Investigators trained the teachers of 139 schools. A total of 43152 school children (23527 boys and 19625 girls) were surveyed.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/mysore-childhood-obesity-study
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-premanath
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/h-basavanagowdappa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ma-shekar-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/indian-pediatrics
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mysore-d