Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls in Social Welfare Hostels: A CrossSectional Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Adolescence is a transition phase through which a child becomes an adult. It is characterized by rapid growth and development; physiologically, psychologically and socially. Adolescents are an “in between group”, with some nutrition problem, some common with children and some with adults. Objective: To assess the Nutritional status of the adolescent girls residing in the Social welfare Hostel. Material and Methods: Study setting: Six social welfare hostels for scheduled caste girls in Nellore city. Study design: Descriptive cross sectional study. Study period: June 2008 –May 2009.Study population: All the girls aged between 11-19 years residing in the social welfare hostels of Nellore city. Sample size: 562 adolescent girls were registered at the time of study in social welfare hostels out of which 542 are recruited in this study. Study instruments: Pre-designed, pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire, Weighing machine, stadiometer etc. Study methodology: Written permission was obtained from the Deputy Director of social welfare hostels of Nellore district. Nutritional Status: Assessed by Anthropometric measurements viz height, weight, BMI. ,biochemical markers viz haemoglobin estimation. Analysis: SPSS Version 17.0. Chi-square test was used for analysis of categorical variables. Results: The prevalence of thinness in the study subjects was 57.56%. 64.6% were underweight, A 20% sub-sample of 542 subjects i.e. 135 subjects were examined for Haemoglobin estimation. 49.6% were found to be anaemic. Conclusion: the different nutritional status indicators revealed that a large proportion of adolescents were undernourished with stunting, energy deficient and/or anemic.
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Susmitha K. M, Jyothi Conjeevaram, Prabakaran Jayaraman, Ananthaiah Chetty N
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