Assessment of Nutritional Status and its Socio-Demographic Determinants Amongst Children Aged 6-23M in An Urban Area of Delhi

Kumar, Dewesh; Late, Late; Dhiman, Bishan; Singh, Mahendra

doi:10.15373/22778160/february2014/58

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“…This supports the observation of Diwesh Kumar study and report of children in India 2012. 15,20 Birth spacing played important role in nutrition and is comparable to the study of Diwesh Kumar. 15 Encouraging birth spacing for >2 years may decrease malnutrition.…”

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“…15,20 Birth spacing played important role in nutrition and is comparable to the study of Diwesh Kumar. 15 Encouraging birth spacing for >2 years may decrease malnutrition. Prolonged EBF, late initiation of complementary feeds and less than recommended frequency resulted in different forms of under nutrition.…”

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“…This is almost similar to the observation made by Dewesh, et al from urban Delhi where it was 40.8%, 37.9%, 22.3%. 15 But in NFHS-4 Telangana reported much lower proportions of underweight 33.1 %, stunting 33.3%, and wasting 20.4 % among under-fives. 13 Inclusion of all under five children in this report might cause the difference.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…It is consistent with the studies of Diwesh Kumar, et al from urban Delhi. 15 And Dinesh Kumar, et al from Chandigarh. 17 Other studies also reported similar observation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Nutritional status of children in rural Telangana in relation to complementary feeding practices

Sailaja

Reddy

Jain

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Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Good nutrition is the most important aspect of human well-being. Before birth and throughout infancy good nutrition allows brain functioning to evolve without impairment and the immune system to develop more robustly. 1 Adequate provision of nutrients, beginning in early stages of life, is crucial to ensure good physical and mental development and long term health. 2 Evidence from 54 low and middle income countries indicates that growth faltering on average begins during pregnancy and continues to about 24 months of age. The loss in linear growth is not recovered and catch-up growth later on in childhood is minimal. 3 While the UNICEF conceptual frame work reflected a focus on children of preschool age, there is now more emphasis on policies and programmes that support action before the age of 2 years, especially on maternal nutrition and health and appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and care practices. 3 Improvements in nutrition after age 2 do not usually lead to recovery of lost potential. A consequence that is also emerging more clearly is the impact of stunting and subsequent disproportionate and rapid weight gain later in life. These long term effects are referred to as the fetal programming concept. This rapid weight gain later in life raises the rate of coronary heart disease, stroke and type II diabetes. 3 Breast milk alone is sufficient to meet the nutritional requirement up to 6 months of age. After 6 months of age ABSTRACT Background: Breast milk alone is not enough to meet the nutritional needs of the infant after 6 months of age and optimal complementary feeds should be added to the diet at this time while continuing the breast feeds. This transition from exclusive breastfeeding to family feeds i.e., complementary feeding covers the period from 6 to 18-23 months of age and is vulnerable for malnutrition to develop. Therefore this study aimed to identify the nutritional status of infants and young children (6 to 23 months) in relation to currently existing complementary feeding practices in rural Telangana. Methods: It is a cross-sectional observational hospital based study carried out in Pediatric Department, Kamineni Institute of Medical College, Narketpally, Nalgonda district, Telangana from September 2015 to December 2015. Mothers who have children were included and anthropometry of children was taken and analysed. Results: 44.6% were under weight, 37.7% were stunted, 20.78% were wasted in the current study. Under nutrition reached to the peak levels at 18-23 months of age. Low socioeconomic status, mother's education, birth spacing of <2 years, prolonged exclusive breast feeding and less than recommended frequency of complementary feeds were risk factors for various forms of malnutrition. Conclusions: Poor IYCF practices are associated with poor nutritional outcomes. The state of IYCF practices across India should improve to achieve the goals of global targets for 2025.

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“…It is consistent with the studies of Diwesh Kumar, et al from urban Delhi. 15 And Dinesh Kumar, et al from Chandigarh. 17 Other studies also reported similar observation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Nutritional status of children in rural Telangana in relation to complementary feeding practices

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Reddy

Jain

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Int J Contemp Pediatr

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“…It begins quite commonly in the womb and ends in the grave. 1 The complex aetiology of childhood malnutrition is a multifactorial process and related to many socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors. 2 Malnutrition is an outcome of various factors resulting from unfavourable socioeconomic circumstances such as difficulties in obtaining food, unemployment which determines an irregular income for the family's breadwinner limited access to education and health services, or illness caused by unsanitary conditions.…”

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A study on undernutrition and its socioeconomic correlates among toddlers in a rural area of Uttarakhand, India

Vyas

Kandpal

Semwal

et al. 2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Assessment of Nutritional Status and its Socio-Demographic Determinants Amongst Children Aged 6-23M in An Urban Area of Delhi

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Nutritional status of children in rural Telangana in relation to complementary feeding practices

Nutritional status of children in rural Telangana in relation to complementary feeding practices

A study on undernutrition and its socioeconomic correlates among toddlers in a rural area of Uttarakhand, India

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