Nutritional assessment of pre-school children in rural villages for the family dynamics, lifestyles and nutrition study (1997-2001). Prevalence of … (original) (raw)
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Malaysian journal of nutrition, 2002
This paper presents the socio-economic profile of households in the Family Dynamics Study (FDS) (1997-2001) and makes comparisons with the earlier Functional Groups Study (FGS) (1992-1996). For the current study, FGS villages with a high prevalence of child malnutrition were purposively selected. In each village selected, all households were included, and interviews with a structured questionnaire were conducted in April-May 1998. Incomes were generally low and incidence of poverty was high; 49.6% of the households were under the poverty line income, of which 37.2% were poor and 12.4% were hard core poor. Overall, only 23.2% of heads of households were in agricultural occupations, others being primarily waged workers and petty traders. Livestock rearing was widespread (57.8%), and most households (90.4%) owned at least one motorised vehicle, the most common being the motorcycle. The majority of households had refrigerators (73.6%), washing machines (58.8%), and televisions (91.1%); ...
A Comparative Study to Assess the Nutritional Status of Urban and Rural Pre-school Children
Young Nurses Journal of Research, 2021
Background of the Study: Stunting, wasting, and underweight are the important nutritional status indicators for children. “While stunting is caused by long-term insufficient nutrient intake and repeated infections, wasting is a result of acute food shortage and illness. Wasting, on the other hand, is a strong predictor of mortality and requires urgent response. Underweight combines information about linear growth obstruction and weight for length/height” [7]. Understanding differences in the determinants of childhood malnutrition between urban and rural areas is important to design appropriate, relevant program and policy implementation. Aims & Objectives: The aim of the study is to assess and compare the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting among pre-school children in rural and urban area. Methodology: Convenient random sampling technique was used to gather data in 100 samples, 50 each from rural and urban population. Data was collected by using structured interview and...
International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2018
Background: Nutrition assessment is to obtain precise information on the prevalence of nutritional problems and identification of individuals at risk. 25.7% of Indian children under five years were underweight and 28.6% were stunted due to chronic under nutrition, India accounts for more than 3 out of 10 stunted children in the world. Under nutrition is substantially higher in rural areas. Hence, this study conducted. The objective of the study was to assess the nutritional status of preschool children (1-5 years) in Pullipakkam, field practice area of KIMSRC. Methods: An observational study conducted in Pullipakkam from January 2017 to February 2017. 75 children aged 1-5 years were selected by simple random sampling. After getting informed consent from parents, Data were collected using structured questionnaire by interview method. Chi square test at 5% α were calculated by using SPSS 20V. Results: Among 75 children, stunting (52.8%), wasting (62.3%), mid arm circumference less for age (13.3%). 73% had inadequate calories intake. There was no significant association (p>0.05). Conclusions: The nutritional status of the children usually remains under question. Parents have to be properly health educated on balanced diet with locally available low cost foods has to given.
National journal of community medicine, 2022
Context/Background: Malnutrition among children is a major public health problem in India. The objective of the study is to assess the nutritional status of preschool children and to identify the socio-demographic determinants of malnutrition. Methodology: In this community-based cross-sectional study, 194 under-five children were recruited from rural and urban areas of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. Anthropometric measurements were measured and age standardized weight-forage (WAZ), height-forage (HAZ), and weight-for-height (WHZ) were calculated. The proportion of under nutrition (WAZ <-2 standard deviation (SD)), stunting (HAZ <-2SD), and wasting (WHZ <-2SD) were calculated along with the determinants. Results: The mean age of the participants was 40.5 months (SD-9.1 months), 101 (52.1%) were from rural areas, and 96 (495%) females. The HAZ values were significantly low in-urban children (-0.81; 95%CI:-0.4,-1.21), among the non-Hindu children (-0.92; 95%CI:-0.35,-1.5). The overall prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting were-13.4% (95%CI: 8.5%, 18.3%), 23.7% (95%CI: 17.6%, 29.8%), and 19.6% (95%CI: 11.9%, 25.3%) respectively. Urban residence (OR 6.75; 95% CI: 3.03-15.04) was a strong predictor of stunting. Conclusion: Malnutrition remains to be a public health problem in this area. Strengthening of existing programs should be the key strategy in combating malnutrition.
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Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics, 2020
The present communiction investigates the nutritional status, using anthropometric measurements, of preschool children (0-60 months of age) of Rajbanshi community in four villages (Tarangapur, Anaun, Singtore, Balarampur) of Bochadanga Gram Panchayat of Kaliyaganj Block, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. A sample of 200 children, up to age of 5 years (0-60 months), was selected which included 101 boys and 99 girls. Standing height, weight, head circumference, mid-upper arm circumference were measured on the children and different indices of nutritional status, namely BMI-forAge , head circumference-forage and mid-upper arm circumference-forage were computed. It was noticed that the majority of the studied children were normal, while there were a number of children who were facing severe undernutrition, under-nutrition and over-nutrition. The girls were found to be more severely under-nourished than boys at 4 and 5years.
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Nutritional Status of Children in Rural setting
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 2014
Introduction: The fight against Malnutrition may remain for a long time as long as vast population in developing countries remain within the range of poverty coupled with ongoing chaos from political instability in some developing nations. Therefore public health investigation of nutritional status of children is a continuous process that requires several re-assessments especially in volatile environment. Anthropometry is a direct method and the commonest method of assessment of nutritional status in children in these developing nations. Our study therefore assesses the nutritional status of children in rural setting in a developing nation as Nigeria and the influencing factors prevailing for the observed variations; The significant difference between the private and government pupils through their body mass index and other anthropometric parameters. Method: A cross sectional survey of 191 children, aged 6-12 years were selected from local private and government school were used in the study. One of the private schools was randomly selected. The studied variables included; Age, sex of the pupils, religion of their parents, dietary pattern of the pupils and parents socioeconomic status and educational background. Interview of pupils and parents was carried out using prepared questionnaire template. Research ethical clearance from the University, schools head, parent consent were obtained. Weight and height of the children were measured. Anthropometric indices were determined: Weight for height, weight for age, height for age and Body Mass Index (BMI). Data was analyzed using Microsoft excel, SPSS version 16 .The chi-square significance of association was determined at Level of significance less than 0.05. Results: The proportion of male student and female students are 50.8% and 49.2% respectively. A large proportion of fathers were Civil servants (12.6%) while most mothers were farmers (17.3%), the proportion of unemployed fathers 10.47% was more than unemployed mothers. 4.7%.However more mothers that had no formal education (28.8%) than the fathers (9.4%). The proportion of female students (51.7%) who were underweight were more than their male (48.3%) counterparts. The proportion of male students (65%) who were overweight was more than the females (35%). Stunting was more prevalent amongst the males than their female counterparts. Collectively prevalence of stunting was 15.7%, while prevalence of severe stunting was 5.23%. Wasting was more prevalent amongst females 56.3% than males 47.4%. Most of the children diet consisted mainly of carbohydrates (98.4%), while occasionally Protein (92.7%) , Fruit and Vegetable (95.8%). Low socio-economical status, low educational background of parents, cultural norm and low protein diet influences the children's anthropometric parameters negatively and consequently their nutritional status. Other indirect indicators of the nutritional state of the children are the position of the child in the family, the school type attended by the child. Results showed that BMI does not indicate the specific type of under-nutrition compared to weight-height or weight for age. Conclusion: The fight against malnutrition in developing nation by UNICEF therefore should be encourages and supported and public enlightenment campaign should be stepped-up.