TO ASSESS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS: AN ANTHROPOMETRIC STUDY IN ALIGARH CITY UTTAR PRADESH INDIA
Journal Title: IJAR-Indian Journal of Applied Research - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 8
Abstract
India has the largest population of adolescence in the world being home of 243 million individual aged 10-19 years. Malnutrition denotes impairment of health arising either from deficiency or excess or imbalance of nutrients in the body. The present study was a cross-sectional study covering 400 adolescents (boys and girls) between 11-16 years of age from 4 schools of Aligarh City through stratified random sampling. Students were interviewed and anthropometric measurements were taken. The data obtained were tested though WHO reference 2007 Anthro Plus 1.0.4 to calculate HAZ and BAZ. The overall prevalence of stunting was found to be 10.3 % out of which 11% were boys and 9.5% were girls, overall thinness among adolescents found to be 9% from which 12% were boys and 6% were girls and prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents were found to be 11.8% and 1% respectively. Adolescent is vulnerable age group with high prevalence of malnutrition, therefore should be given priority in national health programs.
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Iram Aslam, Anisa M. Durrani
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