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Health

Common health problems of students examined - Overweight, Annual

Data from Jan 2009 to Dec 2020

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:44 SGT

HPB (Health Promotion Board)

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7c3c14c03c4737ffefed396c477cbb94"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Health Promotion Board. (2016). Common health problems of students examined - Overweight, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 12, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7c3c14c03c4737ffefed396c477cbb94/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

30 May 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

HPB (Health Promotion Board)

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Health

Common health problems of students examined - Overweight, Annual

Data from Jan 2009 to Dec 2020

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:44 SGT

HPB (Health Promotion Board)

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