Introduction: Obesity is becoming an increasingly prevalent problem in both developing and developed world. Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that affects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his/her age and height. The important obesity risk factors in which different studies revealed genetic history, physical activity, high birth weight, and type of milk of consumed during infancy, more than two hours television watching per day, number of regular meals and parental overweight as the risk factors of obesity. Objectives: To assess the knowledge regarding contributing factors of childhood obesity among mothers of obese children aged 11-16 years. To associate the level of knowledge with selected demographic variables. Methods and materials: A quantitative approach to non-experimental descriptive design was adapted and to carry out the study in Nonankuppam village, Puducherry. The sample consists of thirty mothers of obese children, aged 11-16 years. A non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample and structured questionnaire used to assess the knowledge of mother regarding childhood obesity. Major findings: The overall analysis of level of knowledge of mothers regarding contributing factors of childhood obesity shows that, out of 30 samples 4(13.3%) mothers had inadequate knowledge, 18(60%) mothers had moderate adequate knowledge and 8(26.7%) mothers had adequate knowledge. There was a significant association between the demographic variables and knowledge level of the mothers. The obtained P-Value is significant at P<0.5 level and hence there is significant association between the educational qualification of the mother and level of knowledge, and number of children’s and level of mother. Conclusion: The study concluded that 4(13.3%) of mothers have inadequate knowledge, 18(60%) of mothers have moderately adequate knowledge and 8(26.7%) of mother have well adequate knowledge.
