Overweight and obesity are associated not only with an increased burden of diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, some types of cancers and premature mortality but also with the social and psychological effects of excess weight. Sample collection was done from 3 government and 2 private schools.Each school authority was approached and the intention of the study was explained. 2 visits were made to each school. On the first visit questionnaires were distributed among the children. On the second visit, anthropometric, general physical examination and systemic examination of the children who brought appropriately filled questionnaires were done. 28.8% of the study subjects had BMI less than 5th percentile for their age group according to CDC reference.12% of the study subjects had BMI between 85th to 95th percentile for their age group and 3.8% of the subjects had BMI more than 95th percentile.