Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. It is estimated that over 650 million were obese. In most of the world's population, overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. About 41 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight or obese and 340 million children and adolescents aged 5-19 years were overweight or obese in 2016 (WHO, 2017).
Mrs. Susheela, President, Cooperative Milk Society, Athrady, Mrs. Jayanthi, Anganwadi Teacher, Mrs. Kanthi, Asha worker, Dr. Malathi G Nayak, Asst. Professor and Mrs. Manjula, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Community Health Nursing were present during the programme.