Self administered questionnaire was deployed to collect socio-demographic, physical activity and dietary data from the students. The questionnaire was first prepared in English and translated in to Amharic and then retranslated back to English to keep the consistency. The data was collected after pretest have been conducted on the 5% of the sample from nearby Gondar town schools using Amharic version questionnaires since the study participants were Amharic speakers. The questionnaires were adapted from the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) Analysis Guide [9] and WHO steps instrument for chronic disease risk surveillanc