The objective of the study was to estimate prevalence of overweight and obesity in apparently healthy children from five zones of India in the age group of 2 to 17 years and to examine trends in body mass index (BMI) during the last two decades with respect to published growth data.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/overweight-and-obesity-prevalence-and-body-mass-index-trends-indian-children
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/v-v-khadilkar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/v-khadilkar
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/t-j-cole-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/international-journal-pediatric-obesity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diabetes
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics