Indian children have shown an increasing trend of obesity[ 1 ] with the overall prevalence of overweight children ranging from 9 to 27.5% and that of obesity ranging from 1 to 12.9%.[ 2 3 4 5 ] Obesity in children appears to increase the risk of subsequent morbidity and lifestyle diseases in adolescence as well as adulthood.[ 6 ] Food related a
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