Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition and its trends among pre-school tribal children of Maharashtra State, India |
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| Authors: | Meshram I I Arlappa N Balakrishna N Laxmaiah A Mallikarjun Rao K Gal Reddy Ch Ravindranath M Sharad Kumar S Brahmam G N V |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Community Studies, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad-500007, India. |
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| Abstract: | A community-based cross-sectional study carried out in tribal areas of Maharashtra covering 1751 pre-school children to assess nutritional status. Nutritional status was assessed using new WHO Growth Standards. Household wealth index was constructed using principle component analysis. The prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting was 64, 61 and 29%, respectively. There was a significant (p?
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