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Determinants of Childhood Obesity: Need for a Trans-Sectoral Convergent Approach

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The emerging burden of non communicable diseases is likely to erode the “Demographic-Dividend” of India and compromise the national growth and development. Increasing rates of childhood obesity globally and in India is a cause for serious public health concern. It is becoming increasingly apparent that obesity is result of complex interplay between multiple genes, environmental factors and human behavior. Clear comprehension of this interaction and pathway is still not clear, making the prevention and management of obesity especially challenging. Globalization and rapid economic growth has led to dramatic changes in the life style of the population including food intake, physical activity, market, environmental factors and social structures. A growing economy, urbanization and motorized transport have increased physical inactivity. A systematic multi-sectoral approach with population health as the center of discourse and attention is the only key to tackle this problem.

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Kiranmala, N., Das, M.K. & Arora, N.K. Determinants of Childhood Obesity: Need for a Trans-Sectoral Convergent Approach. Indian J Pediatr 80 (Suppl 1), 38–47 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-013-0985-z

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