 This study examined the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school-going adolescents in Bangalore, India. It was found that 21.7% of the participants were overweight and 6.1% were obese. Factors such as age, gender, religion, education level of parents, mother working outside the home, participation in vigorous physical activities, vegetarian diet, and consumption of junk foods as snacks were not found to be significantly associated with overweight obesity. Adolescents from the higher income families or is equal to .35, 1.43 to 3.85 and those who indicated a family history of obesity or is equal to .4, 1.7 to 3.33 were more likely to be overweight or obese. This article was authored by Anandamangiri Deeperpudi, Ryan A. Davis, Priya Rosenberg, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.