Concerns about childhood obesity are justified both by its increasing permanent prevalence in the adult age as well as its potential risk regarding several diseases. In the present work we report the prevalence of obesity within a representative sample of students in public and private schools from Salvador, Bahia, northeastern Brazil. We have studied 387 students randomly selected in two stages, 55% of those were male aged 5 to 10 years and 66% were public schools students. Obesity was defined […]