of poverty, insufficient education, ignorance, low
income, large family size, occupation, etc. These are the
true determinants of malnutrition in society as they bear
most directly on the quality of life. According to the
American Academy of Paediatrics, BMI for age is now
the recommended method for screening overweight and
underweight status in all children from 2–20 years of
age.18 Differences in BMI by social class are partly
formed during childhood. In our study population
percentage of children from well-off families had
significantly higher BMI (p