A Descriptive Study to Assess the Nutritional Status of School Going Children in Selected School at Nadiad City
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
Nutritional status during School age is a major determinant of nutritional and health status in adult life. The objectives are to assess nutritional status of school going children in school of Nadiad city and determine the association between socio demographic variables and nutritional status. The total numbers of sample was 100 school going children by using simple random sampling technique. Data collections are anthropometric measurement and observation checklist of clinical examination about the nutritional status. Finding about the nutritional status related BMI of school going children, out of 100 samples 44% were underweight, 48% were normal weight and 5% were overweight, 3% were obese. The findings of the variables Age and religion are significant with nutritional status, while Gender, type of family, education of mother and family income are not significant. The study was concluded that there is need for nutrition interventions and awareness for health dietary pattern among this population.
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Patel Shraddha, Shah Rohan, Sutariya Payal, Parmar Prisca, Sanjana Bhatia
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