Assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Obesity among a Sample of Secondary School Students in Al-karkh District-Baghdad City

The rising prevalence of obesity is a worldwide problem affecting not only the developed world but also developing nations. the present study was carried out to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of secondary school students toward obesity. A random sample of 456 students from secondary schools of Baghdad city Al-karkh district selected, The data was gathered through interview questionnaire which consist of demographic information and general knowledge, attitude and practice about obesity.the resultshowed that (11.9%, 15.6%) of the female and male respectively were obese, and most obese students were in the 5^th class and (33.3%, 33.8%) of female and male respectively were overweight, their source of information was from TV and internet and then from their families and friends. The students had a good knowledge and practice regarding obesity and overweight, with significant variation with gender and level of the classes, that is females had a significantly higher knowledge than males but males significantly had a good practice than female. The students in the 6^th class were significantly had a good knowledge regarding obesity and overweight more than the other classes also the practice had a significant variation and the highest score was in the 5^th class. we concluded that The students had a good knowledge and practice regarding obesity and overweight, with significant variation with gender and level of the classes.