To assess the prevalence of malnutrition among the children of age group of 0 - 5 years in the rural area of Vidarbha region
Journal Title: Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
The problems of malnutrition among underfive children can be used to determine the need for nutritional surveillance nutritional care or appropriate nutritional intervention programmes in a community The present study was planned to assess prevalence of malnutrition in children of the age group of 0 to 5 years A village based study was carried out to assess prevalence of malnutrition among underfive children at the rural area of Katol Data was collected by interview schedule for collection of sociodemographic and physical examination format for assessing malnutrition status from January 2016 to April 2016 A childs detailed history sex and weight were recorded and lengthheight were measured using standard technique The height and weight were plotted on WHO centiles curves The malnutrition was graded according to WHO classification Data analysis was done by using WHO Anthro and SPSS software Total study subjects age group 05yrs 310 study subjects were in study group and 320 study subjects in control group As per WHO classification of protein energy malnutrition 753202343 from control group and 59310 19 03 from study group study subjects were in normal range Significantly higher number no children from study group 8096 251310 showed malnutrition by applying any of the anthropometric parameter than that in control group 7656 245320 2 value1343 pvalue00038 In conclusion high percentage of malnutrition was found in under five children in male childrenKeywords Malnutrition Children WHO Rural
Authors and Affiliations
Amrapali Gajbhiye, Gajanan Vellhal, Mery Mathew, Meenakhi Girish
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