Physical Growth and Nutritional Status among Men of Dulia Tribe of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
The present study was carried out on 340 men of Dulia Tribe aged from 20 to 60 years from Dumbriguda Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh state, India. This study tried to find out the physical growth by using 18 different anthropometric measurements and nutritional status according to Body Mass Index. As age increases the measurements of physical growth also increases. The prevalence of underweight has 20.29%, Over Weight was 3.23% and obsessed was 0.29%. It reveals that both underweight and overweight coexisted among the Men of Dulia tribes from Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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N Srinivas , B Pallavi , Ch Srinivas , G. Lakshmi
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