Background:obesity has become a colossal epidemic causing serious public health concern and contributes to 2.6 million deaths worldwide every year. Obesity is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality as well as reduced life expectancy. The last two decade of previous century have witnessed dramatic increase in health care cost due to obesity and related issues among children and adolescents. Objectives: To study the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children of age 12-16 years and its distribution according to age and gender.Methods:The present school based cross section observational study was carried out in Govt & Private schools of Latur district during the period from July 2021 to December 2021 involving 500 high school children of age 12-16 years. The data was analysed using SPSS.Result:Out of 250 boys, majority were from 15-15.9 years age i.e. 29.6%. Out of 250 girls, majority were from 14-14.9 years age i.e. 42%. Majority of the children had normal BMI i.e. 401(80.2%). Prevalence of overweight was 9.8%. Prevalence of obesity was 5%. It means there is significant difference in the proportion of overweight and obese boys and girls. Overweight and obesity was more in boys compared to girls.Conclusion:Prevalence of overweight was 9.8% and prevalence of obesity was 5%. Overweight and obesity was more in boys compared to girls. We also observed no specific age-related predilection for overweight and obesity in our study.