Changes in body size, shape and nutritional status of Middle-Class Bengali boys of Kolkata, India, 1982–2002

Dasgupta, Parasmani; Saha, Rana; Nube, M.

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2007.05.001

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“…Interestingly, paternal occupation was more often ( n = 6) associated with stunting and thinness, when compared with maternal occupation, which was only in two cases protective against thinness and stunting . Parental education was, in general, associated with better nutritional status; however, in contrast to parental occupation, here especially, maternal education was negatively associated with stunting and underweight and positively with HAZ, WAZ, and WHZ …”

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Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

Madjdian

Azupogo

Osendarp

et al. 2018

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Adolescent undernutrition is a persisting public health problem in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs). Nutritional trajectories are complexly interrelated with socio-cultural and economic (SCE) trajectories. However, a synthesis of the SCE determinants or consequences of undernutrition in adolescents is lacking. We undertook a narrative review of published literature to provide a narrative overview of the SCE determinants and consequences associated with undernutrition among adolescents in LLMICs. We identified 98 articles from PubMed, SCOPUS, and CAB-Abstracts on determinants and consequences of undernutrition as defined by stunting, underweight, thinness, and micronutrient deficiencies. At the individual level, significant determinants included age, sex, birth order, religion, ethnicity, educational and literacy level, working status, and marital status. At the household level, parental education and occupation, household size and composition, income, socioeconomic status, and resources were associated with undernutrition. Only a few determinants at the community/environmental level, including residence, sanitation, school type, and seasonality, were identified. The consequences of adolescent undernutrition were mostly related to education and cognition. This review underscores the importance of the broad range of context-specific SCE factors at several levels that influence adolescent nutritional status and shows that further research on SCE consequences of undernutrition is needed.

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Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

Madjdian

Azupogo

Osendarp

et al. 2018

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…[1–3] Transition can be observed in all aspects of human life including disease pattern, demographic and dietary pattern, socioeconomic and ecological conditions. [4] Some of the major consequences of this transition are described to be rapid spread of urbanization, increasing magnitude of socio-economic differences and coexistence of overweight along with thinness. [5] In spite of that research related to the prevalence of malnutrition particularly overweight cases among the children in the light of developmental transition is very meager in India and no such study has been reported from Northeast India.…”

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Prevalence of malnutrition among the mising children of Northeast India: A comparison between four different sets of criteria

Sikdar

2012

North Am J Med Sci

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Background:Prevalence of malnutrition among the children from developing countries has reached unprecedented level which can be evaluated by body mass index.Aim:This study was designed to determine the prevalence of malnutrition among the Mising children of Northeast India using four different sets of Body Mass Index references.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was performed on a population representative sample of 511 Mising children. Four different sets of Body Mass Index reference were used to define thinness as well as overweight cases.Results:With the use of different references the prevalence of thinness varies from 17.18% to 27.73% among the boys and from 19.21% to 28.23% among the girls. On the other hand the prevalence of overweight varies from 1.95% to 7.81% among the boys and 1.96% to 9.41% among the girls. Reference based on United States (1971-74) survey detects sex difference in overweight. The calculated kappa values indicated a fair to almost perfect agreement between various references.Conclusion:Considerable prevalence of overweight despite a persistently high burden of thinness suggests existence of nutrition transition among the Mising population. Prevalence of malnutrition differs with the application of different references which warrants application of international references carefully for any potential misclassification of children.

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“…According to another prediction, 20% of Indian females and 16% of males will be overweight by the year 2020 and therefore the incidence of chronic diseases is expected to increase (Dasgupta et al 2008 ) . What are the chronic diseases associated with overweight and obesity in India?…”

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Body Mass Index and Mortality in India

Sauvaget

2012

Handbook of Anthropometry

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The paper reviews the current nutritional situation of India. The country is still facing childhood and adult under-nutrition, 28% of adult men and 33% of adult women have a body mass index (BMI) lower than 18.5 kg/m 2 . Recently, due to demographic, epidemiological and nutritional transitions, going along with economic changes, the country is also facing a dramatic increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Consequently, India is currently suffering from the coexistence of both chronic energy deficiency and obesity. Disparities in terms of nutritional status are observed: populations from East and Central states suffering more frequently from malnutrition, while people living in urban areas, highly educated, or from a high socio-economic level suffering more often from overweight and obesity. Although the association between mortality and body mass index in India has been scarcely addressed, studies on morbidity related to overweight and obesity report a growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (31 million patients in 2005) and cardiovascular diseases (36 million patients in 2004). It is estimated that within a decade, the number of cases of these two diseases will double. The body composition of Indians has specific features such as excess body fat and great abdominal fat. Persons may be classified as "normal" by BMI criteria are actually "metabolically-obese" when body fat or abdominal obesity are considered. Attempts have been made for lowering BMI cut-off points for Asian ethnic groups; increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases is likely to start from a BMI of 23 kg/m 2 , and high risk of these diseases at 25 kg/m 2 .

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Changes in body size, shape and nutritional status of Middle-Class Bengali boys of Kolkata, India, 1982–2002

Cited by 31 publications

References 44 publications

Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

Socio‐cultural and economic determinants and consequences of adolescent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in LLMICs: a systematic narrative review

Prevalence of malnutrition among the mising children of Northeast India: A comparison between four different sets of criteria

Body Mass Index and Mortality in India

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