Prevalence of undernutrition in Santal children of Puruliya district, West Bengal |
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Authors: | Chowdhury Sutanu Dutta Chakraborty Tarun Ghosh Tusharkanti |
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Institution: | Department of Human Physiology with Community Health, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur 721 102, West Bengal, India. |
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Abstract: | This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of undernutrition among the Santal children of Puruliya district of West Bengal. 442 Santal children (216 boys and 226 girls) aged 5-12 years were taken from randomly selected schools of Balarampur and Baghmundi areas of Puruliya. Nutritional status was analyzed by Z-score values according to the height for age, weight for age and weight for height reference data of National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The prevalence of undernutrition among Santal children was as follows: stunting (17.9%), underweight (33.7%) and wasting (29.4%). Severe (below -3 Z-score) stunting, underweight and wasting were found in 4.98%, 7.92% and 9.51% of Santal children, respectively. In girls, prevalence of stunting (21.7%) and wasting (35.8%) was higher in comparison to boys (13.8% stunting and 22.7% wasting). |
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