Effect of Health Promotion Programme in the Management of Childhood Obesity in a School Set Up

Abstract

Rapid urbanization, better heaith care facilities, improved economic scenario and increase in the number of nuciear families with both spouses working have brought about phenomenai changes in the diet, dietary habits and activity patterns and resuited in the increased prevalence of overweight and obesity across the globe and across all stages in life particularly in children and adolescents. Predominantly over nutrition is witnessed in developed countries whereas developing countries are faced with a double burden of over nutrition and undernutrition. Evidences suggest that the causative factors are many and the need of the hour is to plan strategies to curtail the increasing prevalence through various approaches which can bring about behavioural modifications, even though may be very small.