Nutritional Status of Baiga – A Primitive Tribe of Madhya Pradesh

Prevalence of undernutrition among Kora-Mudi children aged 2–13 years in Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

“…But it was higher in the present study than in tribal preschool children of Baiga, [22] Kodaku, [23] Raj Gond [24] and Lodha. [25] In contrast, the prevalence of stunting was lower in the present study than in the Saharias, [26] Kamars [27] and tribal children from Bihar, [28] Maharastra [29] and West Bengal.…”

“…India has approximately 400 tribal groups, who constitute more than 8% of India's population; and they are distributed all over the hilly and dense forest regions of the country. [5,22,40] Therefore, improvement of their nutritional status is of vital importance from public health point of view at the national level.…”

“…[20] However, the rate of stunting was similar to that of the national tribal population, and higher than that of the other national population (40.7%). [21] Moreover, the prevalence of wasting was lower in Kora-Mudi children than tribal children from Madhya Pradesh, [22][23][24]30,31] Chatttisgarh, [27,32] and Maharastra. [29] However, the prevalence of wasting in the present study was comparable to the national figure.…”

Adult tribal malnutrition in India: an anthropometric and socio-demographic review

“…Out of the six studied tribes of Rajasthan, the prevalence of CED of Garasia males 94.9% was highest (Bhasin and Jain 2007). Among the three studied tribes of Madhya Pradesh, the highest CED prevalence among males was observed among Baigas: 78.1% (Chakma et al 2009). Figure 6(4) also demonstrates the very high prevalence of CED among Tadvi males (72.0%) of Gujarat .…”

“…Out of the six studied tribes of Rajasthan, the rate of CED of Garasia females 98.0% was highest (Bhasin and Jain 2007). Out of the two studied tribes of Madhya Pradesh, CED among females was equally very high (73.6%) among Baigas (Chakma et al 2009) and Bhumia (Jaiswal 2013). Out of the two studied tribal females of Chhattisgarh, CED was highest among Dhur Gonds: 47.1% (Chandraker et al 2009).…”