Present research aimed to study the factors associated with obesity among school going girls of Kumaun region of Uttarakhand. The multi-stage, purposive cum random sampling techniques was used to select the study area i.e. state, district, block, villages, school and school going girls from selected school. The Uttarakhand state’s Kumaun region was selected purposively. Haldwani and Bajpur block from district Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar respectively were selected purposively.