Prevelence of Obesity among school children of low socio economic status is much lesser then malnutrition

Obesity means having too much body fat .it is not the same as overweight which means weighingtoo much .A person may be overweight from extra muscles, bone, or water as well as too much fat.This article in both terms wt is higher then what is thought to be relative height.This article discusses obesity among poor children of school age.Obesity is now a day's most wide spread medical problems affecting children and adolescent living in developing countries as well us in US.It became global problem which is in rise.This study was conducted to asses' prevalence of obesity in poor children of north India.Prevalence of obesity is much lesser than malnutrition in north India in children of poor socio economic status.The risk of cardiac diseases cannot be denied it is present in poor children too.This study observed that 13.2% children are under risk.Obesity is more prevalent in female children then male children.Data represents that obesity increases with age as it is observed less in children below the age of 8 years.nurses have a unique role in educating the public the study highlighted that awareness needs to be increased on obesity in poor children but more concentration still required to prevent malnutrition. Key words-BMI,