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The “Health Promoting School ” (HPS) is a holistic and comprehensive approach to integrate health promotion every child between the ages of 6 and 14 years [5]. These are the formative years of a child’s development. The Thakur et al. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:1314 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/1314was to increase the number of schools that can be definedEducation and Research, Sector-12, Chandigarh 160012, India Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlewithin the community. It can provide an ideal setting to enhance both health and learning. It can help prevent poor dietary habits and substance abuse and can improve school performance [1,2]. It can decrease the risk of cer-tain problems such as eating disorders, obesity, cardio-vascular disease and cancer [3,4]. In India, the Right to interaction between schoolteachers and students pro-vides a unique opportunity for health promotion that can be sustained and reinforced over time. It is an inter