Overweight is defined as having a higher body weight in relative to height as equated to some standard or desirable weight norm. Being overweight can be initiated by an increase in fat in body or an increase in slender muscle. Obesity is frequently defined as a disorder characterized by unexpected or excessive fat buildup in adipose tissue to the point that health is jeopardized. It becomes clear that various kinds of childhood malnutrition, ranging from short stature (SS) and underweight to overweight, are rising worldwide health concerns that affect both industrialized and developing countries. In Swabi, the prevalence of obesity, overweight, and thinness remained unknown. The perseverance of this observance was to look at the prevalence of overweight, obese, and underweight children in Swabi on a nationwide scale. This cross-sectional survey was carried out between January and May of 2022. Body mass index (BMI) was used to calculate obesity and other weights. Bray's (1978) technique was used to compute BMI. BMI = Height in Kilograms/(Height in Meters) = kg/m². Our survey covers 303 kids from Tehsil Topi, 300 students from Tehsil Swabi, and 287 students from Tehsil Lahore. Various parameters were used, such as food, outdoor activities, family income, domicile, and so on. In district Swabi, the means of overweight kids were 36.16%, underweight pupils were 35.34%, and obese students were 30.20%. Obesity, overweight, and thinness accounted for 33.9% of all students in district Swabi. Obesity was higher in Tehsil Topi (36.3%) than in Tehsil Swabi (29%) and lower in Tehsil Lahore (18.755%).

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Thinness, overweight, obesity, prevalence, Swabi.