Objectives: Nutritional status is the sensitive indicator of a child's health, and they constitute the most vulnerable segment of any community. Undernutrition causes a great deal of physical, mental, and emotional suffering. Anganwadi is a part of the Integrated Child Development Services program started to combat child hunger and child malnutrition. This study was undertaken to assess the nutritional status of the children (6 months–6 years) in Anganwadis and determine the sociodemographic factors associated with malnutrition and to assess their dietary intake. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken among 580 children in Anganwadis in the urban field practice area of a Medical college in Tumkur. Results: In this study, the overall prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting was found to be 34.14%, 45.52%, and 35.52%, respectively. Age, socioeconomic status, immunization status, religion, and mother's education was associated with undernutrition. The deficient intake of calorie and protein was seen in 90% and 64.8% of the study participants. Conclusion: The present study showed that there is still a high prevalence of undernutrition among the Anganwadi children aged 6–72 months. Socioeconomic factors have a significant role in child nutrition, which manifests itself as poor development.
Background: Physical activity and exercise are important part for better physical and mental health including the older adults .TV viewing which is a common type of sedentary behaviour in developed and developing countries is being paid less attention. Excess sleep or lack of sleep is a predisposing factor for NCDs such as DM. Objectives: 1.To assesses the physical activity and TV viewing patterns among adults in the age group of 20 to 60 years, among cases and controls in the urban field practice area of a medical college. 2 To assess the sleep patterns among cases and controls in same study population. Methods: It is a community based case control study. The data was collected from individuals in the age group of 20 to 60 years among cases and controls. Cases were those diagnosed with Hypertension and DM. Those who were found negative were taken as controls. Purposive sampling was done with a sample size of 108. Semi structured questionnaire was used. Descriptive statistics and odds ratio was calculated. Results: Cases were found to have physical Inactivity when compared to the controls.TV viewing was highest among cases when compared to the controls. Excess sleep or lack of sleep is found to have a positive risk factor for development of NCDs. Conclusion: Physical inactivity was more among the cases when compared to the controls.TV viewing of more than 4 hours were highest among the cases when compared to the controls. Sleep of less than 6 hours was more among the cases
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