Nutritional status of adult Bengalee slum dwellers of Midnapore town, Paschim Medinipore, West Bengal, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Experimental Research and Review - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 7
Abstract
A cross sectional study of 1000 Bengalee adults slum dwellers (male = 494, female = 506) aged 18-81 years of Midnapore town, Paschim Medinipore, West Bengal, India was undertaken to study their age and sex differences in nutritional status. The age range of this study was 18 to 81 years. Subjects were classified into five age groups, each with a width of 10 years. The groups were 18-29.9 (males=238, females=186), 30-39.9 (males=105, females=119), 40-49.9 (males=61, females=98), 50-59.9(males=46, females=55), and >60 (males=44, females=48) years. Two basic variables (height and weight) and a single derived variable (BMI) have been used in the present report. Nutritional status was determined following World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines (WHO, 1995) to facilitate international comparison. The overall frequencies of CED among males and females were 20.85% and 24.31%, respectively. Based on WHO classification, the prevalence of CED among this population was high (20-39%) and thus, the situation is serious in both sexes. These rates were, in general, lower than the recently reported studies.
Authors and Affiliations
Priyanka Das; Argina Khatun; Ashish Mukhopadhyay; Mithu Bhadra; Kaushik Bose
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