2. Childhood obesity is a condition where excess
body fat negatively affects a child’s health or
well being.
3. PREVALENCE
• 8.82 % of school children in India are Obese
(Times of India,may28,2017)
• India has second obese children in world wide
(The Indian Express, June 13, 2017)
5. BMI
Weight (Kg)
• BMI =
Height (m2)
After BMI is calculated it is expressed as a percentile.
Which can be obtained from either a graph or percentile
calculator.
6. Weight status category Percentile Range
Under Weight Less than 5th percentile
Normal or healthy weight 5th to less than 85th percentile
Over weight 85th to less than 95th percentile
obese Greater than 95th percentile