Anthropometric Measurments of School Children of India.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 6
Abstract
A cross sectional type of study was carried out to compare nutritional status among, 6-10 years old 750 school children of three different socioeconomic statuses during January 2012- January 2013. METHOD: weight and height was recorded. Analysis was done using statistical software graph pad prism 5 (for ANOVA test and paired T test). ANOVA test was used to compare socioeconomic status while T test was used for comparing gender. RESULT: The study revealed significantly (p < 0.05) lower heights of both male and female children of low SES compared with of high SES . Similarly, mean weight of children of low SES was significantly (p < 0.05) lower than children of middle and high SES. As expected, height and weight of both boys and girls increased with age irrespective of socioeconomic status. However increase in height and weight between 6 and 10 years ages was larger in the high SES group than in the low SES group. CONCLUSION:we can conclude thatsocio-economic status is an important determinant of nutritional status of school children.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Massrat Firdos, Dr. Mukund B. Kulkarni, Dr. QaziShakeel Ahmed, Dr. Sudha S. Karadkhedkar
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