Overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in Manipur, India

  • 31/08/2010

  • National Medical Journal of India

The prevalence of overweight and obesity and their associated factors among schoolchildren in Manipur had not been studied. The authors did a cross-sectional study among 3356 schoolchildren of classes VIII to XII in Imphal West District, Manipur between September 2005 and August 2006.