Socio-demographic Factors Affecting the Nutritional Status of the Under Three Children in Chandigarh, UT
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2015, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
[b]Introduction :[/b] The prevention of malnutrition is crucial for improving our human resources. Child under-nutrition is the major public health issue in many developing countries such as India. Out of 167 million underweight under-five-year old children in the world, 90 million live in South Asia. Despite global efforts for improving nutritional status of children, desired outcomes could not be achieved. Malnutrition is regarded as a silent emergency in India, seriously affecting human development and economy of the country. Method : It is a community based cross-sectional study, undertaken in Rural, Urban and Slum population of UT Chandigarh. Nutritional status of children was assessed using WHO classifications. [b]Results: [/b]Out of the total 424 children surveyed, 262 (61.8%) were found to be underweight. Underweight prevalence was maximum among 25-36 months (75%) of age. There were 24.6% females of normal weight as compared to 40.6% in males. Normal weight was highest for birth order one (37.7%).
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D Kumar, N Goel, M Kalia, V Mahajan
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