Nutritional Status : Anthropometric Perspective of Pre-School Children

Kaur, Gurpreet; Kang, Harmander Singh; P, Singal; Singh, Sukhraj

doi:10.1080/09720073.2005.11890898

Cited by 15 publications

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“…Whereas, in an earlier study (25) it was found that the prevalence of acute malnutrition in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka in 1993 (prior to exodus in 1995) was 18.5%. Considering the Indian context (Table -4), the prevalence of under nutrition among the preschool children of the present study was higher than those reported among preschool children from Punjab (26) and Kolkata. (1) The rates were 38.5% and 28.6%, respectively.…”

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confidence: 52%

Assessment of Nutritional Status by Mid Upper Arm Circumference (Muac) Among Rural Children of Katihar District in Kosi Region of Bihar

Singh¹,

Mukherjee²

2015

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An observational study of 500 children (267 boys and 233 girls) was undertaken during 2008-2010 at primary health centres under the aegis of Katihar Medical College in Kosi region of Bihar to assess their nutritional status using mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) in Katihar district of Bihar. Children from remote villages in rural areas located approximately 30 km from Katihar district headquarters were observed. Information on age of the children were collected from their parents. Measurement was recorded in centimetres and was procured using the standard technique. Nutritional status was determined following the World Health Organization age and sex specific cut off points. Results revealed that mean MUAC among boys was higher than girls at all ages. Significant sex differences were observed at ages 3 (p<0.05), 4 (p<0.05) and 5(p <0.05) years. Overall under nutrition were similar in both sexes. This result implied that both the sexes were equally malnourished. An increasing trend in the rates of overall malnutrition from 3 to 5 years in both sexes was observed. Our study clearly indicated that the nutritional status of children of both sexes in this age group is a serious issue. It seems appropriate to expect much improvement in the form of enhanced supplementary nutrition than what is currently being offered by the ICDS scheme in Katihar district of Bihar.

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confidence: 52%

Assessment of Nutritional Status by Mid Upper Arm Circumference (Muac) Among Rural Children of Katihar District in Kosi Region of Bihar

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Mukherjee²

2015

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“…[2] Similar studies conducted in Mumbai (47%), Punjab (16.7%) and Qatar (4.4%) noted lower prevalence of stunting as compared to the present study. [13,16,17] Prevalence of stunting was found to be more in girls as compared to boys which is in contrast to the fi ndings of NFHS 3 (Male 48.1%, Female 48%). [2] Stunting was the predominant growth faltering, as observed in studies carried out in Bagalkot (72.7%), Ludhiana (74%), West Bengal (50.9 %) and Kerala (61%).…”

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confidence: 51%

Nutritional status of under-five children in urban slums of Pune

Mamulwar¹,

Rathod²,

Jethani³

et al. 2014

Int J Med Public Health

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Background:The nutritional status of under fi ve children in urban slums is an important health indicator for assessing the health status of entire population and one of the major predictors of child survival. Objective: A nutritional survey was carried out in September-October 2012 in the fi eld practice area of a medical college in Pimpri, Pune area with an objective to assess the nutritional status of under-fi ve children. Materials and Methods: All the under fi ve students in the fi eld practice area of the medical college were examined. A total of 658 children were examined. Results and Conclusion: It was observed that the prevalence of under weight 34.3% (226/654) (30.7 to 38.0 C.I.), stunting 58.7% (386/654) (54.9 to 62.4 C.I.) and wasting was 16.9%(109/654) (14.0 to 19.7 95% C.I.). The prevalence of under weight 37.6% (114/303) and stunting 61.4% (186/303) was more in girls whereas wasting was more in boys 18%. (64/355)

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“…Israt Reyhan 11.05% and lowest level of wasting 10.76% was observed by Ginjinder Kaurin Punjab. [17][18][19][20]22 In this study stunting is 19.5% which is very low compared to most of the other studies.…”

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“…Studies by Rao et al showed highest level of stunting 51.6% followed by NFHS-3 48%, Mittal et al 46.06%, Md. Israt Reyhan 45%, Joseph et al 38.6%, Subhal Das et al 37 %, Madhu B Singh 26% and minimum 11.42% was observed by Ginjinder kaur in Punjab [17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. …”

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Infant and young child feeding practices: a cross sectional study in Sikkim

Reddy

Subba

Dutta

2016

Int J Contemp Pediatr

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Background: Positive parental attitudes towards infant feeding are an important component in child nutritional health. The nutritional well-being of a population is both an outcome and an indicator of national development. Nutrition is therefore, an issue of survival, health and development for current and succeeding generations. The purpose of the study was to assess the breast feeding & complementary feeding practices in children between the age group of 6 months-5 years, to determine the nutritional status of children less than 5 years. Methods: Children between 6 months-5 years who fulfilled the inclusion criteria's were studied and analysed. Results: 98.0% of the children has received breast fed and 72.5% of cases received exclusive breastfed till 6 months of age. 72.5% of children received complementary feed at 6 months of age appropriately but formula feed was seen in 99.0%. 46.0% of mother used bottle for feeding although literacy among 90.0% of mothers seen. Conclusions: This study has shown that existence of using bottle for feeding although the most of their mothers were educated with high breastfed rate.

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Nutritional Status : Anthropometric Perspective of Pre-School Children

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Assessment of Nutritional Status by Mid Upper Arm Circumference (Muac) Among Rural Children of Katihar District in Kosi Region of Bihar

Assessment of Nutritional Status by Mid Upper Arm Circumference (Muac) Among Rural Children of Katihar District in Kosi Region of Bihar

Nutritional status of under-five children in urban slums of Pune

Infant and young child feeding practices: a cross sectional study in Sikkim

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