Occurrence of overweight, obesity and their associated risk factors among primary school pupils in Samarra/Iraq: a cross-sectional study

Objective: To find the prevalence of overweight and obesity and the risk factors for increasing weight amongyoung students. Method: The cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted during the 2018-19 academic year in Samarra, Iraq,after approval from the ethics review committee of Anbar University, Al Anbar, Iraq, and comprised primaryschoolchildren aged 7-13 years regardless of gender. After collecting sociodemographic data, based on body massindex values, the children were categorised into malnourished