Objective: The present study was conducted to assess the BMI and Body Fat percent among the affluent adolescent girls (n = 794) (9-18 years) and to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity.
Method: All measurements were recorded for two and a half years, at six monthly intervals. The study design was crosslinked longitudinal in nature, thus increasing the sample size at the end of the study from 794 to an observational figure of 3970.