Childhood Obesity is defined as excess or abnormal increase of fat accumulation in the body. Early, developed countries were facing this childhood obesity but now it has moved to developing countries. According to World Health Organization (WHO), 39 million children under the age of 5 are obese and overweight in 2020 and 340 million adolescents and children aged between 5-19 were obese and overweight in 2016. According to Center for Disease Control, prevalence of obesity in United States was 19.3% and affected about 14.4 million adolescents and children in 2018. Moreover, in the adult population morbidity and mortality is increased in individuals who were overweight in adolescence, even if they lose the extra weight during adulthood. Diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, gastro intestinal disturbance, respiratory problems, orthopedic disorders once considered as adult problems now has become major health issue in children’s. Timely action must be initiated to combat the rising epidemic of childhood obesity and its consequences. However, by periodic surveillance on nutrition and childhood obesity in community, using various strategies at home and providing needy based intervention by schools care services, formulating and implementing structured policies will reduce the impact of childhood obesity worldwide.