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Childhood Overnutrition among School Going Children in a Municipality: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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creativeworkseries.issnJNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.authorThapa, Alisha
dc.contributor.authorNepal, Susmita
dc.contributor.authorMalla, Garima
dc.contributor.authorPokhrel, Sushma
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-16T04:52:31Z
dc.date.available2026-02-16T04:52:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionAlisha Thapa Department of Public Health, Om Health Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal Susmita Nepal Department of Public Health, Om Health Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal. Garima Malla Department of Public Health, Om Health Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal. Sushma Pokhrel Department of Public Health, Om Health Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal.
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Introduction: Childhood obesity, caused due to excessive fat accumulation, is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths associated with several non-communicable diseases. In Nepal, there is limited data available on the status of overweight and obesity among school children. The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of childhood overnutrition among school going children in a municipality. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from June 2019 to July 2019, in four schools of a municipality selected by simple random sampling. Ethical approval was obtained from Nepal Health Research Council (Registration number 380/2019). Data was collected using census sampling from children aged 5-18 years through self-administered questionnaires to the children’s parents. The data was entered into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences for analysis. Point estimate at 95% confidence interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Out of 379 school children, the prevalence of overnutrition was found to be 38 (10.03%) (95% Confidence Interval= 7.01-13.05). Prevalence of overnutrition was highest in children of age group 10-13 years 23 (60.5%), in females 27 (71.1%), those consuming junk food 4-6 times weekly 14 (36.8%) and those performing daily physical activity less than 60 minutes 24 (63.2%). Conclusions: The prevalence of childhood overnutrition is similar in comparison to other studies done in similar settings.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5367
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4757
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Medical Association
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectoverwieght
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectschools
dc.titleChildhood Overnutrition among School Going Children in a Municipality: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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